The original earthen fort, completed in 1865 to protect the mouth of the Columbia River from Confederate gun boats and the British Navy during the Civil War, was named for Union Army Major General Isaac I. Stevens, first territorial governor of Washington, who died in 1862 at the Battle of Chantilly.

It was later renamed as Fort Stevens in 1865, in honor of the former territorial governor of Washington, Isaac Stevens, who had been killed in action at the Battle of Chantilly during the American Civil War.

The Battle of Fort Stevens was an American Civil War battle fought July 11–12, 1864, in Washington County, D.C. in present-day Northwest Washington, D.C., during the Valley campaigns of 1864 between forces under Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Early and Union Major General Alexander McDowell McCook.

Jul 11, 2012 · Our Battle of Fort Stevens page includes history articles, battle maps, photos, web links, and recommended books for this important 1864 Civil War battle in Washington DC.

Sep 18, 2020 · Battle of Fort Stevens July 11-12, 1864 On July 11-12, 1864, Fort Stevens was the focal point of a Confederate attack by Gen. Jubal Early with his force of 15,000 soldiers.

Notes/History/Comments: Set aside by executive order in 1850, construction of a large earthwork was begun in 1863 and completed in 1865. New construction began in the mid-1890s for a main gun line. New garrison buildings were constructed and a mine depot was built on the reservation. Several weapons were removed in 1917-20.

Fort Stevens was the only military installation in the contiguous United States to be shelled by a foreign enemy warship since the War of 1812. A stone monument south of Battery Russell commemorates the event.

The Fort at Point Adams was begun in July of 1863 and completed in April of 1865. Later in 1865 the fort was officially named for Isaac Stevens (1818-1862), who had served as the first Governor of Washington Territory from 1853 to 1857.

Fort Stevens (1865-1947) - Established in 1865 as a U.S. Civil War coastal fort on Point Adams, Clatsop County, Oregon. Named for General Isaac Stevens a Governor of the Washington Territory. Deactivated in 1947.

Jul 11, 2024 · Federals from the Army of the Potomac’s Sixth Corps began arriving as the Confederates approached Fort Stevens, Washington’s northernmost defensive work, around 1 p.m. Major-General Alexander McD. McCook, who happened to be in the capital without a command, was sent to Fort Stevens with orders to take over the Washington defenses.