An 1861 Civil War image appears to depict Fort Slemmer and the grounds of Queen’s farm, which lay between Forts Slemmer and Bunker Hill, in what is now Brookland and Michigan Park.
Tag: Civil War
Most people know about the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth and David Herold after the assassination of President Lincoln. Far fewer know about Lewis Powell’s desperate run to our area as he tried to escape after his attack on Secretary of State William Seward.
A look at the beginnings of the Fort Totten neighborhood, including a still-existing building that was there at the start, and the vanished village of Rupliville.
During the Civil War, Camp Barry was an artillery depot on the eastern side of Washington DC. This rare view from an 1863 photograph shows a broad, open landscape before development came after the war.
A short, photo-rich history of the Brookland neighborhood in Washington DC.
Slavery was legal in Washington DC until 1862, when Abraham Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act. Through it, we can learn a great deal about those people held in bondage in what would become Brookland.
After the Civil War, the fortifications ringing the city had no further purpose and most were soon built over. Fort Bunker Hill had a different future.
An 1861 photograph from the Civil War supposedly showed a view of Fort Slocum. Research shows it actually depicts Fort Bunker Hill.
It was once called “Metropolis View,” but was renamed Edgewood by the Chief Justice of the United States and his beautiful daughter. A story of wealth and scandal.
The story of the Soldiers’ Home National Cemetery, started after the first battle of Bull Run in July, 1861.
Bygone Brookland 