Battle of Fort Stevens

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The Battle of Fort Stevens was a July 1864 American Civil War engagement in which Union forces repelled Confederate troops attacking the defenses of Washington, D.C., marking the only time a sitting U.S. president, Abraham Lincoln, came under direct enemy fire.

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Battle of Monocacy followedBy Battle of Fort Stevens