. The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out ... and a complete roster of the regiment . atcan be done is to name some of the forts with which the regi-ment was specially connected, with the barest outline of thescheme of defending the city. It was early recognized by the government that the captureof the Capital would be a serious blow to the Union cause,hence the extent of earthen walls that gradually grew aroundits borders. So near was it to the first scenes of hostility thatthe sound of
. The Ninth New York heavy artillery. A history of its organization, services in the defenses of Washington, marches, camps, battles, and muster-out ... and a complete roster of the regiment . atcan be done is to name some of the forts with which the regi-ment was specially connected, with the barest outline of thescheme of defending the city. It was early recognized by the government that the captureof the Capital would be a serious blow to the Union cause,hence the extent of earthen walls that gradually grew aroundits borders. So near was it to the first scenes of hostility thatthe sound of conflict fell upon the ears of Washington dwellers,and the Stars and Bars were visible above the roof of the Mar-shall House in Alexandria. The very first advance into Virginia in May, 1861, was accom-panied by the making of fortifications. The end of the LongBridge was made safe and the approaches to the AqueductBridge were defended by Fort Corcoran, which was one of thefirst if not the very first to be completed. It was here thatHenry Watterson of the Louisville Journal witnessed the rais-ing of the flag, and of the event wrote a glowing description 2% NINTH NEW YORK HEAVY FORTS ABOUT WASHINGTON. to a Philadelphia paper, an article for which he subsequentlysaid he had to apologize throughout the entire war, for he wenthome soon after and threw himself into the Confederate is of interest to all 6th Corps men that General H. had to do with the laying out of some of the earliestof the forts, especially on the Virginia side of the letter addressed to the general in 1898, drew from him thefollowing reply: MISCELLANEOUS. 297 My connection with the actual construction of the defensesof Washington was confined, mainly, to the laying out andbuilding of Fort Ellsworth, in which I was assisted during aportion of the time by Lieutenant George W. Snyder, Corps ofEngineers, a very bright and intelligent officer, who died inNovember, 1861, and had he
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