Fort Slemmer

Fort Slemmer
Part of the Civil War Defenses of Washington
Brookland, Washington, D.C.[1]
The gate of Fort Slemmer
Fort Slemmer
Coordinates	38°56′23″N 77°00′05″W / 38.9397222°N 77.0013889°W / 38.9397222; -77.0013889[2]
Type	Earthwork fort
Area	93-yard (85 m) perimeter[1]
Site information
Owner	Catholic University of America[1]
Controlled by	Union Army (1861–1865)
Condition	Traces of some earthworks[1]
Site history
Built	1861
In use	1862–1864[3][4]
Materials	Soil and timber
Demolished	Yes
Battles/wars	Battle of Fort Stevens[1]
Garrison information
Garrison	2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery[3][4][5]

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.