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General Mansfield was chief engineer officer in locating the forts, and with him, among other officers, was Major Horatio G. Wright, who afterwards became commander of the Sixth Army Corps.

The security of the capital being paramount, the sites were taken possession of as a military necessity, and, as a rule, the lands in front of the forts and trenches were cleared for a considerable distance, the timber being used in the construction of the forts and abatis.

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Officers and Members of the Fort Stevens - Lincoln Military Park Association. Officers: General Thomas M.Vincent, U.S.A., President. Major A.S. Perham, Secretary, 905 Westminster St., Washington, D.C. Color Sergeant Louis C.White, Treasurer. Members. Maj. Henry E.Alvord. Gen. George W.Balloch. Mr. Edward T.Bates. Mr. Paul Beckwith. Maj. Carter Berkeley. Capt. Nathan Bickford. Maj. Henry L.Biscoe. Gen.F. F.Bogia. Gen. H.V. Boynton. Chaplain J.H. Bradford. Gen. Joseph C.Breckinridge. Col. J.Edwin Browne. Maj. Hiram Buckingham. Mr. Barry Bulkley. Dr. Thomas Calver. Maj. Edward R.Campbell. Col.S. E.Chamberlain. Dr. Horace Coleman. Gen. W.R. Cox. Mr. W.V. Cox. Dr. C.C. V.Crawford. Maj. S.A. Cunningham. Capt. William B.Denny. Gen. R.G. Dyrenforth. Maj. James E.Eldredge. Col. Calvin Farnsworth. Gen. Winson B.French. Gen. H.W. Gilmore. Gen. John B.Gordon. Maj. Charles G.Gould. Gen.L. A. Grant. Gen. George H.Harries.

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