CSPAN3 American Artifacts November 28, 2014
Vulnerable to attack. With only one fort located south of the city. And the confederate state of virginia just across the potomac river. By the end of the war, however, the Nations Capital had become one of the most fortified cities in the world. With a ring of about 70 armed force and batteries encircling the city. Next as part of our tour, some of the surviving forts we visit fort stevens which came under direct attack by Confederate Forces in july 1864. This is fort stevens. Which is one of the many forts in the defenses of washington. This is probably the most famous, and ill explain why i...