Historical Marker

Fort Chaplin

Historical marker location:
Benning Ridge, District of Columbia
( Marker is at the intersection of Texas Avenue Southeast and C Street Southeast, on the right when traveling south on Texas Avenue Southeast.)

Civil War Defenses of Washington. 1861-1865

Washington D.C. is a city of spooks, almost all of whom are powerful and wealthy.
Carl Bernstein in The Real-Life Washington, October 1977