VI Army Corps Monument

VI Army Corps Monument

NPS / Claire Hassler

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This plaque commemorates the scene where President Abraham Lincoln was under enemy fire during the Battle of Fort Stevens on July 12, 1864. The boulder was removed from the battlefield near present-day Walter Reed National Medical Center and denotes the spot where President Lincoln stood during the battle. It was dedicated in 1911. The plaque was dedicated by the Associated Survivors of the Sixth Army Corps on July 11, 1920. 

Dedicated: Boulder placed in November 1911. Plaque was dedicated July 12, 1920.

Memorial Description:

A granite boulder with a bronze plaque sits atop the reconstructed ramparts.The plaque shows Abraham Lincoln standing on the rampart during the battle. Standing next to the president is Major General Horatio Wright, commanding Sixth Corps. 

Inscriptions

LINCOLN UNDER FIRE AT FORT STEVENS
July 12, 1864
The image below is a bas-relief of a man in the center with top hat and long suit coat tending to a wounded man on the right falling with his head thrown back. Another man tries to pull the man in top hat away from the left. A man in the lower left corner watches on while holding a staff.
Wreaths with hanging ribbons are etched on either side of the relief.
Beneath the bas-relief is engraved:
ERECTED BY THE ASSOCIATED SURVIVORS
SIXTH ARMY CORPS WASHINGTON D.C.
July 12, 1920.