Map of Civil War forts near Alexandria, showing Fort Albany (ca. September 1861)Map of Fort Craig and surrounding area including Fort Albany (1865)Fort Albany Historical Marker
Fort Albany, Captain Rhodes commanding.–Garrison, one company First Massachusetts Volunteers–5 commissioned officers, 1 ordnance-sergeant, 145 men. Armament, two 24-pounder field howitzers, four 24-pounder siege, two Parrotts, one Coehorn mortar, one 10-inch mortar. Magazines, two; dry and in good order. Ammunition, full supply and in good condition. Implements, complete and in good order. Drill in artillery, fair. Drill in infantry, fair. Discipline, fair. Garrison of sufficient strength.[2]
No trace of the fort remains, although a historic marker shows the location where the fort once stood, guarding the approach to the Long Bridge along the Columbia Turnpike, near the modern-day Pentagon.[3] The ground on which the Fort stood was cut away during the construction of the Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway, in 1942.[1]
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^ abcdCooling III, Benjamin Franklin; Owen II, Walton H. (2010). Defense Posts for the Long Bridge — Forts Albany, Runyan, and Jackson: Fort Albany (New ed.). Scarecrow Press. pp. 90–92. ISBN978-0-8108-6307-1. LCCN 2009018392. OCLC 665840182. from the original on 2018-03-12. Retrieved 2018-03-05 – via Google Books. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^Howe, A.P., Brigadier-General, Inspector of Artillery (1864-05-17). Scott, Robert N. (ed.). Report on the inspection of the defenses of Washington, made by the order of the Secretary of War: Fort Albany, Captain Rhodes commanding. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office. p. 888. LCCN 03003452. OCLC 224137463. Retrieved 2018-03-15 – via HathiTrust Digital Library. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (See: Official Records of the War of the Rebellion)
^Swain, Craig, ed. (2008-02-09). ""Fort Albany" marker". HMdb.org: The Historical Marker Database. from the original on 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
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Drawing of Fort Albany in the collection of the Library of Congress Retrieved 2018-03-14.
December 15, 2023
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