Fort Williams (Virginia)

Fort Williams
Part of the Civil War defenses of Washington, D.C.
Alexandria, Virginia
Fort Williams located in the backyard of 212 Quaker Lane in Alexandria, Virginia
Coordinates	38°48′42″N 77°05′24″W / 38.81180°N 77.09000°W / 38.81180; -77.09000
Type	Earthwork fort
Site information
Controlled by	Union Army
Condition	Dismantled
Site history
Built	1861
Built by	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
In use	1861–1865
Materials	Earth, timber
Demolished	1865
Battles/wars	American Civil War

Fort Williams was a timber and earthwork fortification constructed in Alexandria, Virginia as part of the defenses of Washington, D.C. during the American Civil War.

History

Fort Williams was named for Thomas Williams who was killed at Baton Rouge on August 5, 1862.

Built in the weeks following the Union defeat at Bull Run, Fort Williams was situated on north of Hunting Creek and Cameron Run, (which feeds into it), near Vaucluse. From its position on Quaker Lane, one of the points west of Alexandria, the fort overlooked the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, the Little River Turnpike, and the western approaches to the city of Alexandria which is the largest settlement in Union-occupied Northern Virginia.

Built by the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery Regiment, Fort Williams had a perimeter of 250 yards, and space for 13 guns.^[1]

The Fort is now located in the backyard of a property in the Seminary Ridge neighborhood.^[2] Portions are also included in a 7.80 acres (31,600 m²) Alexandria, Virginia city park, at 501 Fort Williams Parkway.^[3] A small cemetery with the gravesites of several Union soldiers was located in the woods off the southeast corner of Seminary Road and Fort Williams Parkway. The graves were not well known and were desecrated when homes were built on that plot in the mid-1980s.

Among those stationed at the fort during the war was George Tryon Harding, father of Warren G. Harding, who spent time there in 1864.^[4]

References

^ Cooling III, Benjamin Franklin; Owen II, Walton H. (6 October 2009). Mr. Lincoln's Forts: A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington. Scarecrow Press. pp. 64–70. ISBN 978-0-8108-6307-1.
^ oldtowncrier (1 March 2017). "Traitor's Hill". Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^ Parks E-H | Recreation | City of Alexandria, VA
^ Young, Jeff C. (1997). The Fathers of American Presidents: from Augustine Washington to William Blythe and Roger Clinton. Jefferson NC McFarland & Co. p. 143. ISBN 0786401826.

External links

U.S. National Park Service Historic Resource Study of the Civil War defenses of Washington, D.C.
Fort Williams Park - City of Alexandria

v t e American Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C.
Departments	Department of the East Department of Washington, D.C. Department of the Potomac Military District of Washington Department of the Rappahanock Defenses of Washington, D.C. Department of Washington
Union army forces	Army of the Potomac XXII Corps
Potomac approaches	Fort Washington (MD) Fort Foote (MD) Battery Rodgers (VA)
Arlington Line	Fort Marcy Fort Ethan Allen Fort C. F. Smith Fort Bennett Fort Strong Fort Corcoran Fort Haggerty Fort Morton Fort Woodbury Fort Cass Fort Whipple Fort Tillinghast Fort McPherson Fort Buffalo Fort Ramsay Fort Craig Fort Albany Fort Jackson Fort Runyon Fort Richardson Fort Barnard Fort Berry Fort Scott Battery Garesche Fort Reynolds Fort Ward Fort Worth Fort Williams Fort Ellsworth Fort Lyon Fort Farnsworth Fort Weed Fort O'Rourke Fort Willard
Northwest quadrant	Fort Cross (MD) Fort Kirby (MD) Fort Sumner (MD) Battery Alexander (MD) Fort Simmons (MD) Fort Davis (MD) Battery Benson (MD) Battery Bailey (MD) Fort Mansfield (MD) Battery Cameron Battery Parrott Battery Kemble Battery Martin Scott Battery Vermont Fort Bayard Fort Gaines Fort Reno Battery Rossell Fort Kearny Battery Terrill Battery Smead Battery Kingsbury Fort DeRussy Battery Sill Fort Stevens
Northeast quadrant	Fort Slocum Fort Totten Fort Slemmer Fort Bunker Hill Fort Saratoga Fort Thayer Fort Lincoln Battery Jameson
Eastern branch	Fort Mahan Fort Chaplin Fort Meigs Fort Dupont Fort Davis Fort Baker Fort Wagner Fort Ricketts Fort Stanton Fort Snyder Fort Carroll Fort Greble
National Park Service (Web) Map of defenses in 1865

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