Civil War Foggy Bottom - DACOR-Bacon House Presentation– October 30th

By Frank Leone

Did you know that Foggy Bottom contains important Civil War locations? Camp Fry, south of Washington Circle, was the home of Veterans Reserve Corps regiments – disabled soldiers who helped protect the city from the Confederate Attack at Fort Stevens. The Potomac River near Watergate held the “Western Wharves” – docks which supplied the city with necessary war supplies. The State Department area was the site of a tragedy at Camp Fuller’s massive stables of army horses. And more! 

 The U.S. Veterans Reserve Corps 10^th Regiment assembled at Washington Circle, in front of the statue of George Washington at the Battle of Princeton (Library of Congress, 1864?).

On October 30^th the stately and historic DACOR-Bacon House will join the Civil War Roundtable of the District of Columbia to present a live (with dinner)/virtual program on “Foggy Bottom in the Civil War.”  I will be speaking about Camp Fry (and some related sites) and will be joined by Jessica Barnes, Curator, F Street House, home of the President of George Washington University, on the house and its occupants; Kristopher D. White, Director of Education and Events, American Battlefield Trust, on the Winder Building; and Terence Walz, Historian, DACOR Bacon House, on the Carroll Family and its Effort to Preserve the Union.

The event will be at the DACOR Bacon House, 801 F Street, from 6:00 to 8:30 pm, October 30, 2025.  Sign up here to join us!