Fort Stanton

Historical marker location:

1600 Morris Road Southeast, Anacostia, District of Columbia

( Marker can be reached from Morris Road Southeast west of 16th Street Southeast, on the right when traveling west.)

Civil War Defenses of Washington. 1861 1865

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