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Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C.

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At the outbreak of the Civil War in the spring of 1861, Washington, D.C., was lightly defended and vulnerable to attack, with only one fort located 12 miles south of the city and the Confederate state of Virginia just across the Potomac River. By 1865, the nation’s capital arguably had become the most fortified city in the world, with about 70 armed forts and batteries encircling the city. We visited three of the surviving forts with Dale Floyd, author of a study on the Civil War Defenses of Washington for the National Park Service. close

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Program ID:
305822-1
Category:
Vignette
Format:
Vignette
Location:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:
May 13, 2012 | 8:01am EDT | C-SPAN 3
Last Aired:
Nov 30, 2014 | 3:51pm EST | C-SPAN 3

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  • May 13, 2012 | 8:01am EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • May 13, 2012 | 7:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • May 13, 2012 | 10:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • May 19, 2012 | 3:01pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • May 20, 2012 | 2:04am EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Jun 01, 2012 | 8:01pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Jun 01, 2012 | 11:04pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
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  • Aug 27, 2012 | 2:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Aug 27, 2012 | 10:01pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Aug 28, 2012 | 6:01am EDT | C-SPAN 3
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  • Aug 19, 2014 | 9:54pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
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  • Aug 20, 2014 | 8:23am EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Aug 20, 2014 | 11:56am EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Aug 20, 2014 | 3:26pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Nov 28, 2014 | 10:02am EST | C-SPAN 3
  • Nov 28, 2014 | 1:51pm EST | C-SPAN 3
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  • Nov 29, 2014 | 1:51am EST | C-SPAN 3
  • Nov 30, 2014 | 3:51pm EST | C-SPAN 3
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