Fort Corcoran was a wood-and-earthwork fortification constructed by the Union Army in northern Virginia as part of the defenses of Washington, D.C. during the American Civil War. Built in 1861, shortly after the occupation of Arlington, Virginia by Union forces, it protected the southern end of the Aqueduct Bridge and overlooked the Potomac River and Theodore Roosevelt Island, known as Mason's Island.
The fort was named after Colonel Michael Corcoran, commander of the U.S. Fighting 69th Infantry, Irish Brigade 69th New York Volunteer Regiment, one of the units that constructed the fort.[1]
Fort Corcoran was home to the Union Army Balloon Corps and the headquarters of the defenses of Washington south of the Potomac River, and served throughout the war before being dismantled in 1866. Today, no trace of the fort remains, although the Arlington County government has erected a historical marker at its site.[2]
^Cooling III, Benjamin Franklin; Owen II, Walton H. (October 6, 2009). Mr. Lincoln's Forts: A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington (New ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 110–114. ISBN 9780810863071. LCCN 2009018392. OCLC 665840182. Retrieved January 25, 2019 – via Google Books.
^Swain, Craig (ed.). ""Fort Corcoran" marker". HMdb: The Historical Marker Database. Archived from the original on January 25, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
FortCorcoran was a wood-and-earthwork fortification constructed by the Union Army in northern Virginia as part of the defenses of Washington, D.C. during...
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one of the first to serve in the defense of Washington by building FortCorcoran. He then led the 69th into action at the First Battle of Bull Run. After...
John LaMountain. The Union Army Balloon Corps was being developed at FortCorcoran near Arlington under the presidentially appointed Prof. Thaddeus S....
artillery. On 24 September 1861, he was directed to position himself at FortCorcoran, just across the Potomac river, west of Washington, to ascend and overlook...
chaplain of the 69th Infantry Regiment of the New York State Militia, at a mass with fellow soldiers at FortCorcoran, Arlington Heights, Virginia, 1861...
Thirteenth and Forty-first New York. The regimental camp was located near FortCorcoran, on ground recently occupied by the Sixty-ninth New York, and the Eighteenth...
positions at the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861. Lowe was called to FortCorcoran and ascended in order to spot rebel encampments. With flag signals he...
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encampment. The balloon, Eagle, was ascended with tether and telegraph from FortCorcoran north of Falls Church, Virginia. (The use of a telegraph to a balloon...
been broken on the first two forts comprising the Civil War defenses of Washington — Fort Runyon and FortCorcoran. Fort Runyon was named for Brig. Gen...
Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, June to August 1861. FortCorcoran, Defenses of Washington, to October 1861. Martindale's Brigade, Porter's...
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Washington, D.C., on 18 May on the steamer Bienville and served at FortCorcoran as part of the capitol garrison. It was attached to Mansfield's command...
Left Pennsylvania for Washington, D.C., August 31, 1861. Camp near FortCorcoran, defenses of Washington, D.C., until October 1861, and near Fall's Church...
August 7, 1861. Left Connecticut for Washington, D.C., May 19. Duty at FortCorcoran, defenses of Washington, D.C., until June 1. Advanced to Vienna and...
1990s. Ranking as a captain in 1976, Corcoran was the chief nurse at the 86th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The commander of...
30 forts, augmented by interwoven artillery batteries: Fort Marcy, Fort Ethan Allen, Fort C. F. Smith, Fort Bennett, Fort Strong, FortCorcoran, Fort Haggerty...
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