The New York Times

President Lincoln at Fort Stevens

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Publishers Weekly

The Day Lincoln Was Almost Shot: The Fort Stevens Story

In July 1864, President Lincoln visited a besieged fort on the edge of the nation’s capital and, according to Cooling (coauthor of Mr. Lincoln’s Forts), put his life—and along with it, the ...
Los Angeles Times

The Battle of Monocacy and Fort Stevens

WASHINGTON — Although Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace’s Union troops had slowed Confederates advance through Maryland at Monocacy in July 1964, the rebel march continued. Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early ...
The Washington Post

Fort Stevens: At the Gates of Washington

A July 9 Weekend article incorrectly stated that the Battle of Fort Stevens in 1864 was the only battle in U.S. history during which a president was present and under fire. President James Madison was ...
insider.si.edu

Abraham Lincoln at the Battle of Fort Stevens, (painting)

Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia Located Ford's Theater National Historic Site Lincoln Museum 511 10th Street, N.W ...