Historical Marker
Fort Carroll
Historical marker location:
3720 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue Southeast, Congress Heights, District of Columbia
( Marker is on Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue Southeast, 0.1 miles north of South Capitol Street Southeast, on the right when traveling west.)
Civil War Defenses of Washington. 1861-1865.
The District was originally called "Federal City": The name "Washington, D.C." was not officially adopted until the late 19th century. Before that, the city was referred to as "Federal City" or simply "Washington."