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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-pounder field howitzer]]s, four [[Siege artillery in the American Civil War#James rifles|24-pounder siege]], two [[Siege artillery in the American Civil War#Parrott rifles|Parrott]]s, one [[Siege artillery in the American Civil War#Morters|Coehorn mortar]], one [[Siege artillery in the American Civil War#Morters|10-inch mortar]]. [[Magazine (firearms)|Magazines]], two; dry and in good order. Ammunition, full supply and in good condition. Implements, complete and in good order. Drill in artillery, fair. Drill in infantry, fair. Discipline, fair. Garrison of sufficient strength.<ref>{{cite book|last=Howe|first=A.P., Brigadier-General, Inspector of Artillery|section=Report on the inspection of the defenses of Washington, made by the order of the Secretary of War: Fort Albany, Captain Rhodes commanding.|date=1864-05-17|page=888|editor=Scott, Robert N.|url=https://
No trace of the fort remains, although a historic marker shows the location where the fort once stood, guarding the approach to the [[Long Bridge (Potomac River)|Long Bridge]] along the [[Columbia Pike (Virginia)|Columbia Turnpike]], near the modern-day [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]].<ref name=marker>{{cite web|url=https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=5258|editor=Swain, Craig|title="Fort Albany" marker|work=HMdb.org: The Historical Marker Database|date=2008-02-09|accessdate=2018-03-05|
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/>
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