Fort Stevens in North West Washington DC, was where Lincoln chose to observe the attacking skirmishers from CS Gen. Jubal A Early’s army, coming down the Georgetown Pike from Frederick after the Battle of Monocacy. A Confederate sharpshooter look a shot at Lincoln, so a Union soldier at the Fort is reputed to have shouted at the President, “Get down Mr President! You will get shot!”
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