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Photographer: Library of Congress
Caption: Gen. T. Runyon
Additional Description: Harper's Encyclopedia, 1902, says this:
“On April 27, 1861, he [Theodore Runyon] started for Washington, D. C., in command of the 1st Brigade of New Jersey Volunteers; on May 6 reached the national capital, then in a state of great excitement because of an expected invasion, with 3,000 men; on the 10th he took possession of exposed parts of the city, and on the 24th was ordered to occupy and fortify the approaches to the city, especially those converging at the Long Bridge. The first fortifications erected for the defence of the national capital were given the name of Fort Runyon.”
Photo taken between 1860 and 1870, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Submitted: March 24, 2024, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p780491
File Size: 4.576 Megabytes

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