Now marked only by an historic marker on South 18th Street off of Glebe Road, Fort Richardson was a detached redoubt constructed by the Union Army in September 1861 as part of the defense of Washington during the American Civil War. It was named for General Israel B. Richardson, whose division was then deployed to defend against attack by way of Columbia Turnpike. It had a perimeter of 316 yards and emplacements for 15 guns. Virginia State Highway 120 is a surface highway forming a crescent-shaped route through Arlington County, Virginia. ... The 21st Michigan Infantry, a company of Shermans veterans. ... Nickname: the District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Official website: http://www. ... Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders Abraham Lincoln† Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee Strength 2,213,363 1,064,200 Casualties KIA: 110,100 Total dead: 359,500 Wounded: 275,200 KIA: 94,000 Total dead: 258,000 Wounded: 137,000+  The American... Columbia Pike (Virginia State Highway 244) is a four-lane thoroughfare that runs from Virginia State Highway 27 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia to Little River Turnpike (Virginia State Highway 236) in Annandale. ...

The fort is designated as an Historic District by Arlington County. Arlington County is an urban county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the U.S. , directly across the Potomac River from Washington, DC. Originally part of the District of Columbia, by an act of Congress July 9, 1846, the area south of the Potomac was returned (retroceded) to Virginia...