Fort Slocum
Metro Stop: Fort Totten
- Red Line
Gen. Martin D. Hardin and staff at Fort Slocum in 1865. (Source: Library of Congress)
Fort Totten is probably the most historical name on the current Red Line, but with this new map, we gotta step it up. Fort Slocum is, in our opinion, more impressive than Fort Totten. The third stop on the Red Line significant to the Battle of Fort Stevens, Slocum attacked Confederate forces with long range guns during General Early’s attack in 1864. Today, Fort Slocum has the only remnants of the earthworks (fortifications built from dirt) that defended D.C. during Early’s offensive.