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{{About|a former fort in Arlington, Virginia|other similarly-named places|Fort Albany (disambiguation){{!}}Fort Albany}}{{Infobox military installation
| name = Fort Albany
| location = Arlington, Virginia
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| map_alt = Location map of Washington, D.C.
| map_caption = Location within Washington, D.C.
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[[File:Fort Craig VA Map.jpg|left|thumb|300 px|Map of [[Fort Craig (Virginia)|Fort Craig]] and surrounding area including Fort Albany (1865)]]
[[File:Fort Albany (Defenses of Washington Marker Series) (3361143083).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Fort Albany Historical Marker]]
'''Fort Albany''' was a [[bastion]]ed earthwork that the [[Union Army]] built in [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington County]] (known at the time as Alexandria County) in [[Virginia]]. The Army constructed the fort during May 1861 as part of its [[Civil War Defenses of Washington|Civil War defenses of Washington]] (see [[Washington, D.C., in the American Civil War]]).<ref name=Cooling/>
The fort had a perimeter of 429 yards and emplacements for 12 guns.<ref name=Cooling>{{cite book|first1=Benjamin Franklin|last1=Cooling III|first2=Walton H.|last2=Owen II|
[[Fort Richardson (Arlington, Virginia)|Fort Richardson]], [[Fort Craig (Virginia)|Fort Craig]] and [[Fort Tillinghast]] provided supporting fire for the fort.<ref name=Cooling/>
A May 17, 1864, report from the Union Army's Inspector of Artillery (see [[Field artillery in the American Civil War#Union artillery|Union Army artillery organization]]) noted the following:<blockquote>''Fort Albany, Captain Rhodes commanding.''–Garrison, one company First Massachusetts Volunteers–5 commissioned officers, 1 ordnance-sergeant, 145 men. Armament, two [[Field artillery in the American Civil War#Weapons|24-
No trace of the fort remains, although
The ground on which the Fort stood was cut away during the construction of the [[Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway]], in 1942.<ref name=Cooling/>
==Notes==
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==External links==
[https://www.loc.gov/resource/pga.08112/ Drawing of Fort Albany in the collection of the Library of Congress] Retrieved 2018-03-14.
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