Fort Albany

Fort Albany stood immediately to the northwest as a bastioned earthwork built in May 1861 to command the approach to the Long Bridge by way of the Columbia Turnpike. It had a perimeter of 429 yards and emplacements for 12 guns. Even after Forts Richardson and Craig were built, 1300 yards to the west and north respectively, Fort Albany's heavy guns served to support them and to dominate them if they were captured. The ground on which the fort stood was cut away during the construction of the Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway in 1942.

Arlington, Virginia · United States