Historical Marker

Battery Ricketts

Historical marker location:
2782 Bruce Place Southeast, Woodland, District of Columbia
( Marker is at the intersection of Bruce Place Southeast and Raynolds Place Southeast, on the right when traveling north on Bruce Place Southeast.)

Civil War Defenses of Washington. 1861-1865

Washington, D.C. is 90 square miles, surrounded by reality.
Andrew Johnson in The Public Papers of the Presidents, 1865