. Washington during war time : a series of papers, showing the military, political, and social phases, during 1861 to 1865. t them in equal facility the movable batteries of field-guns found, [43] WASHINGTON DURING WAR TIME without a moments delay, their appropriate places where,covered by the enemys fire, they occupied the very best posi-tions which the topography afforded. At the termination of the war in April, 1865, the • defensesof Washington consisted of 68 inclosed forts and batterieshaving an aggregate perimeter of 22,800 yards (13 miles) andemplacements for 1,120 guns, 807 of
. Washington during war time : a series of papers, showing the military, political, and social phases, during 1861 to 1865. t them in equal facility the movable batteries of field-guns found, [43] WASHINGTON DURING WAR TIME without a moments delay, their appropriate places where,covered by the enemys fire, they occupied the very best posi-tions which the topography afforded. At the termination of the war in April, 1865, the • defensesof Washington consisted of 68 inclosed forts and batterieshaving an aggregate perimeter of 22,800 yards (13 miles) andemplacements for 1,120 guns, 807 of which and 98 mortars wereactually mounted ; of 93 unarmed batteries for field-guns having401 emplacements; and of 35,711 yards (20 miles) of rifletrenches, and 3 block houses. Thirty-two miles of militaryroads, besides the existing roads of the District and the avenuesof Washington, served as the means of communication from theinterior to the defensive lines, and from point to point entire circuit, including the distance across the Potomacfrom Fort Greble to Fort Lyon (four miles), was [44]
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