Civil War Defenses of Washington

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National Park System unit cultural landscape historic military fortification network

Civil War Defenses of Washington is a network of historic Union forts, batteries, and related sites built to protect the U.S. capital during the American Civil War, now preserved as a unit of the National Park System.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Civil War Defenses of Washington canonical	11
American Civil War defenses of Washington, D.C.	1
Civil War Defenses of Washington historic system	1
Civil War Defenses of Washington sites	1
Washington, D.C. fortifications	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	National Park System unit ⓘ cultural landscape ⓘ historic military fortification network ⓘ
builtBy	United States Department of War ⓘ surface form: United States War Department
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
constructedFor	defense of the national capital ⓘ
controlledBy	Union Army ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasCategory	American Civil War forts ⓘ Military history of Washington, D.C. ⓘ National Capital Region (National Park Service) ⓘ surface form: National Park Service areas in Washington, D.C. Parks in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
hasPart	Battery Ricketts (site) ⓘ Battleground National Cemetery ⓘ Fort Baker (site) ⓘ Fort Bayard Historic District ⓘ surface form: Fort Bayard (site) Fort Bunker Hill (site) ⓘ Fort Carroll (site) ⓘ Fort Chaplin Park ⓘ surface form: Fort Chaplin (site) Fort Circle Parks ⓘ Fort Davis area ⓘ surface form: Fort Davis Fort DeRussy ⓘ Fort Dupont ⓘ Fort Dupont Park ⓘ Fort Ethan Allen (site) ⓘ Fort Foote ⓘ Fort Greble ⓘ Fort Lincoln (site) ⓘ Fort Mahan ⓘ Fort Mahon (site) ⓘ Fort Marcy ⓘ Fort Meigs (site) ⓘ Fort Reno Park ⓘ surface form: Fort Reno (site) Fort Ricketts (site) ⓘ Fort Totten ⓘ surface form: Fort Slocum (site) Fort Stanton Historic District ⓘ surface form: Fort Stanton Fort Stevens ⓘ Fort Totten ⓘ Fort Ward ⓘ surface form: Fort Ward (site)
heritageDesignation	listed on the National Register of Historic Places (various components) ⓘ
locatedAround	Washington metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
locatedIn	Maryland ⓘ Virginia ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
locatedOn	Anacostia River ⓘ Potomac River ⓘ
maintainedBy	National Park Service ⓘ
partOf	United States National Park System ⓘ surface form: National Park System
significantEvent	Battle of Fort Stevens ⓘ
startTime	1861 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Capital Parks-East sites → hasPart → Civil War Defenses of Washington ⓘ

subject surface form: National Capital Parks-East

Fort Marcy → partOf → Civil War Defenses of Washington ⓘ

Fort Marcy → associatedWithEvent → Civil War Defenses of Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Civil War defenses of Washington, D.C.

Fort Circle Parks → hasPart → Civil War Defenses of Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Civil War Defenses of Washington sites

Fort Circle Parks → heritageDesignation → Civil War Defenses of Washington ⓘ

Fort Davis Park → partOf → Civil War Defenses of Washington ⓘ

Fort Stanton Park → partOf → Civil War Defenses of Washington ⓘ

Fort Chaplin Park → partOf → Civil War Defenses of Washington ⓘ

Fort Mahan Park → partOf → Civil War Defenses of Washington ⓘ

Fort Circle Parks (southeastern segments) → partOf → Civil War Defenses of Washington ⓘ

Fort Circle Parks (southeastern segments) → heritageDesignation → Civil War Defenses of Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Civil War Defenses of Washington historic system

Fort Dupont Park → partOf → Civil War Defenses of Washington ⓘ

Fort Dupont neighborhood → associatedWith → Civil War Defenses of Washington ⓘ

Fort Reno Park → partOf → Civil War Defenses of Washington ⓘ

Battle of Fort Stevens → defensiveLine → Civil War Defenses of Washington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Washington, D.C. fortifications