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[[File:Fort Craig VA Map-lyon-alexandria-virginia-vhs00032-1-.jpg|left|thumb|400 px300px|Map of [[FortCivil CraigWar (Virginia)|Fortforts Craig]]near andAlexandria, surrounding area includingshowing Fort Albany (1865ca. September 1861)]]
[[File:Fort Craig VA Map.jpg|left|thumb|300 px|Map of [[Fort Craig (Virginia)|Fort Craig]] and surrounding area including Fort Albany (1865)]]
'''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/>