Fort Woodbury
| Fort Woodbury | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Civil War defenses of Washington, D.C. | |
| Court House, Arlington County, Virginia | |
Lithographic print of Fort Woodbury by Lieutenant Charles Ferdinand Gruner of 4th Michigan Infantry | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Lunette |
| Controlled by | Union Army |
| Condition | No visible remnants |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1861 |
| Built by | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| In use | 1861–1865 |
| Materials | Earth, timber |
| Demolished | 1865 |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Fort Woodbury was a lunette fortification built in 1861 by the 4th Michigan Infantry Regiment during the early American Civil War. It was part of the larger Arlington Line, an extensive network of fortifications erected in present-day Arlington County, Virginia designed to protect Washington, D.C. from Confederate attack. Like the other three lunettes in the Arlington Line, Fort Woodbury occupied the highlands in Arlington that had a direct line of sight towards Washington.
Fort Woodbury did not experience any action throughout the course of the Civil War and was abandoned after the war's end in 1865. The site of the fort was eventually chosen for Arlington County's courthouse in 1898 and is today part of the Court House neighborhood, where it is marked with a commemorative sign.