Fort Lyon usually Camp Lyon in Northern records) was a timber and earthwork fortification constructed south of Alexandria Virginia as part of the defenses of Washington D.C. during the American Civil War. Built in the weeks following the Union defeat at Bull Run Fort Lyon was situated on Ballenger’s Hill south of Hunting Creek and Cameron Run (which feeds into it) near Mount Eagle (plantation).
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