Fort Greble

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Civil War fortification Union Army fort

Fort Greble was a Union Army earthwork fortification built to help defend Washington, D.C., during the American Civil War.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Civil War fortification ⓘ Union Army fort ⓘ
builtBy	Union Army engineers ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
constructedAs	earthwork fortification ⓘ
controlledBy	Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
era	19th century ⓘ
function	protect approaches to Washington, D.C. from the south ⓘ
garrison	Union Army troops ⓘ
hasCategory	American Civil War forts ⓘ Defenses of Washington, D.C., during the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ Forts in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
heritageStatus	no longer extant as a complete fort ⓘ
locatedIn	District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
locatedNear	Potomac River NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington Navy Yard NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	east side of the Potomac River ⓘ
material	earthworks ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
namedAfter	John Trout Greble NERFINISHED ⓘ Lieutenant John T. Greble NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedFor	first regular Army officer killed in the American Civil War ⓘ
partOf	Defenses of Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ ring of forts around Washington, D.C. ⓘ
startTime	American Civil War era NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	demolished ⓘ
usedFor	defense of Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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

Civil War Defenses of Washington → hasPart → Fort Greble ⓘ

Fort Circle Parks → hasPart → Fort Greble ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Greble Park

Fort Circle Parks (southeastern segments) → hasPart → Fort Greble ⓘ

Shepherd Parkway → contains → Fort Greble ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Greble (Civil War fort)