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Forts Alexander, Ripley, and Franklin, built to protect the Washington water system in 1861, were connected by earthworks in 1863 and renamed Fort Sumner to honor Maj. Gen. Edwin V. Sumner, a hero of Antietam. The fort’s 28 cannon provided a formidable bulwark against raiding Confederates. Nothing remains of the fort.
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