DEFENDING WASHINGTON, D.C.

HOW MANY DEFENSES WERE THERE PROTECTING THE CITY???

• Just in Washington, D.C. alone there was 68 enclosed forts
• With 807 mounted cannons, and 93 mortars, 93 unarmed
• Batteries with 401 emplacements for field guns and
• 20 miles of rifle trenches plus 3 blockhouses.

ALSO INCULDING...

• There was also miles of military roads,
• A telegraphic communication system and
• Supporting infrastructure - including
• Headquarters buildings, storehouses,
• And construction camps.

THE DEFENSIVE PLAN WAS CREATED BY

• Major General John G. Bernard
• A West Point graduate
• Developed a connected system of fortifications occupying
• Every prominent point around Washington.

WHAT IMPACT DID THIS HAVE TODAY?

• Now, the forts are national parks for
• Citizens to visit and learn more about the
• Civil war.

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