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Fort Runyon
Last Modified:
2012-02-20 08:48 PM
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Beginning date (not before):
1861-05-24
Beginning date (not after):
1861-07-11
Ending date (not before):
1865-05-06
Ending date (not after):
1865-09-30
Additional Information:
This fort defended the Alexandria River and the Arlington Heights Aqueduct and safeguarded the crossing of federal troops over the Potomac River.
Sources
Roberts, Robert B.,
Encyclopedia of Historic Forts
, (New York: Macmillan, 1988).
pp. 823
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