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Fort Slemmer

1861 establishments in Washington, D.C.AC with 0 elementsAmerican Civil War fortsAmerican Civil War on the National Register of Historic PlacesCivil War defenses of Washington, D.C.
Demolished buildings and structures in Washington, D.C.Forts in the District of ColumbiaForts on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.Parks in Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C., in the American Civil War
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Fort Slemmer sometimes called Battery Slemmer was one of seven temporary earthwork forts part of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C., during the Civil War built in the Northeast quadrant of the city at the beginning of the Civil War by the Union Army to protect the city from the Confederate Army. From west to east, the forts were as follow: Fort Slocum, Fort Totten, Fort Slemmer, Fort Bunker Hill, Fort Saratoga, Fort Thayer and Fort Lincoln. Unlike other forts, today very little remains of the structure.

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Fort Slemmer
Michigan Avenue Northeast, Washington

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Catholic University of America

Michigan Avenue Northeast 620
20064 Washington
District of Columbia, United States
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