Fort Bayard was an earthwork fort constructed in 1861 northwest of Tenleytown in the District of Columbia as part of the defenses of Washington, D.C. during the American Civil War. It never faced major opposition during the conflict and was decommissioned following the surrender of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.

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  • Fort Bayard was an earthwork fort constructed in 1861 northwest of Tenleytown in the District of Columbia as part of the defenses of Washington, D.C. during the American Civil War. It never faced major opposition during the conflict and was decommissioned following the surrender of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Named after Brigadier General George Dashiell Bayard, who was killed at the Battle of Fredericksburg, the site of the fort is in Boundary Park, located at the intersection of River Road and Western Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. and is maintained by the U.S. National Park Service. No trace of the fort remains, though a marker commemorating its existence has been constructed by the Park Service.
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  • A line art drawing of the layout of Fort Bayard. The outermost lines indicate the fort's abatis, while inner lines indicate trenches and embankments. Cannon can be distinguished in the center, and the outline of the fort's access road.
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  • Public park
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  • 1865 (xsd:integer)
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  • Fort Bayard
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  • Fort Bayard
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  • the fort in the District of Columbia
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  • Earthwork fort
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  • the French name for the Chinese city of Zhanjiang
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  • 1861–1865
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  • Fort Bayard was an earthwork fort constructed in 1861 northwest of Tenleytown in the District of Columbia as part of the defenses of Washington, D.C. during the American Civil War. It never faced major opposition during the conflict and was decommissioned following the surrender of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
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  • Fort Bayard (Washington, D.C.)
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