Tags: Military Structure.
Fort Stanton was a Civil War-era fortification constructed in the hills above Anacostia in the District of Columbia USA and was intended to prevent Confederate artillery from threatening the Washington Navy Yard. It also guarded the approach to the bridge that connected Anacostia (then known as Uniontown) with Washington. Built in 1861 the fort was expanded throughout the war and was joined by two subsidiary forts: Fort Ricketts and Fort Snyder.
