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Line 17: \| open_to_public = }} ~~'''Fort Albany''' was a bastioned earthwork built by the [[Union Army]] in [[Arlington County]] (then still known as Alexandria County) in [[Virginia]].~~ ~~==Construction==~~ [[File:Fort Craig VA Map.jpg\|left\|thumb\|400 px\|Map of [[Fort Craig (Virginia)\|Fort Craig]] and surrounding area including Fort Albany (1865)]] '''Fort Albany''' was a bastioned 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 ~~the~~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\|title=Defense Posts for the Long Bridge — Forts Albany, Runyan, and Jackson: Fort Albany\|work=Mr. Lincoln's Forts: A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3qRIuDHJoTEC&pg=PA90#v=onepage&q&f=false\|year=2010\|edition=New\|pages=90-92\|publisher=Scarecrow Press\|isbn=978-0-8108-6307-1\|lccn=2009018392\|oclc=665840182\|accessdate=2018-03-05\|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>

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