Fort DuPont
Historical marker location:
4150 Alabama Avenue Southeast, Fort Dupont, District of Columbia
( Marker can be reached from Alabama Avenue Southeast east of Massachusetts Avenue Northeast, on the left when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1955
Civil War Defenses of Washington. 1861 - 1865
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