Fort Stanton

<br> Earthworks of Fort Stanton are visible in the wooded area 200 yards in front of you.<br><br> <i>Diagram</i>:<br> Fort Stanton from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers drawing.<br><br> Fort Stanton was named for Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, was the first fort constructed beyond the Anacostia River.<br><br> <i>Map</i>:<br> Other Civil War fort locations administered by the National Park Service.<br><br> <i>Period photograph of artillerists at an unspecified battery belonging to the Civil War Defenses of Washington</i>: During the Civil War, Washington’s forts overlooked farm land.