Fort Evans

Fort Evans
Leesburg, Virginia
Coordinates39°06′39″N 77°31′53″W / 39.1108°N 77.5313°W / 39.1108; -77.5313
Site information
Controlled by
Confederate States Army
Site history
Built1861
In use1861—1862
Battles/warsBattle of Ball's Bluff
Garrison information
Past
commanders
Nathan Evans
D.H. Hill

Fort Evans is a Civil War-era rectangular earthen fort located in Leesburg, Virginia. It was the first of three forts constructed in 1861 to protect Leesburg from possible invasion after Virginia seceded from the Union.