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: fortifications
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.
Bygone Brookland 