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    Civil War Defenses of Washington

    District of Columbia

Mammals

CHIPMUNK

Tamias rufus

COTTONTAIL, EASTERN

Sylvilagus floridanus

DEER, WHITE-TAILED

Odocoileus virginianus

EASTERN GRAY SQUIRREL

Sciurus carolinensis

FOX, GRAY

Urocyon cinereoargenteus

FOX, RED

Vulpes vulpes

MUSKRAT

Ondatra zibethica

OPOSSUM

Diadelphis marsupialis

RACCOON

Procyon lotor


Did You Know?

map of WDC and Atlantic Coastal Plain and Piedmont Plateau

The Civil War Defenses of Washington exist because of geology and topography. The strategic high ground where the fortifications are located stretches between two considerably different geologic terrains: the Piedmont Plateau to the north and west and the Atlantic Coastal Plain to the east.