A cavalry outpost was located close by with the 7th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment composed of about 500 men under the command of Major Darling. During the Battle of Fort Stevens On the afternoon of July 12, 1864, had a brush with the enemy's cavalry beyond Bladensburg, Maryland. Captain T.S. Paddock was in command of the fort at the time.[1]
To the East, was located Battery Jameson. It was established in 1862 as an outer works of the fort on a bluff in Prince George's County, Maryland under the direction of Brigadier General John G. Barnard and named after Major General Charles D. Jameson, who died of typhoid fever on November 6, 1862. It was at the end of the line and overlooked he Eastern Branch of the Potomac River (now the Anacostia River with several other smaller unnamed batteries around.[1][5]
Fort Lincoln in 1863 with the batteries
District of Columbia. Company E, 4th U.S. Colored Infantry, at Fort Lincoln
Brigade headquarters at Fort Lincoln in 1861
Gun crews of Company H, 3rd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery at Fort Lincoln
Post-Civil War
Today, the majority of the remaining fort is within Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Prince George's County, Maryland and can be visited.[6][7] A marker has been placed to commemorate the fort.[8]
Historical Marker in Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Colmar Manor, Maryland
All that remains of Fort Lincoln is the flag, earthenworks, and three cannons at Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Colmar Manor, Maryland. The Old Spring House is off to the left.
The last earthworks for Fort Lincoln at Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Colmar Manor, Maryland.
