Walking up a hill — slowly, because he’s 4 — we stumbled upon the old Civil War earthworks ... these Union forts were still standing. I thought of the incomplete story that Washington ...

One-hundred-and-fifty years ago today, Washington was ... The schedule at both forts leans heavily toward living history, allowing visitors to wander through Civil War encampments and talk with ...

(These are the oldest military forts built ... Intended to defend Washington, D.C. from river approaches, Fort Washington was garrisoned by U.S. Marines during the Civil War.

The Civil War transformed Washington from a sleepy outpost into a federal city, its population nearly doubling between 1860 and 1870. Photograph courtesy of Library of Congress During the two years ..

As capital of the United States, the federal district of Washington, D.C., became a significant civilian leadership, military headquarters, and logistics center during the American Civil War.

(AP) - After its earthen walls were wiped out by the construction of an oil terminal in the early 1900s, the landmark water battery that defended Gloucester Point during the Civil War passed ...

Benedict, a Vermont newspaper editor, enrolled with the 2nd Vermont Volunteers as a private and was sent to Washington ... the third day of battle. During the Civil War, Charles Henry Quander ...