The next stop was Fort Stevens at 13th and Quackenbos Streets, NW, which defended the main road into Washington from the north. Fort Stevens was one of 68 forts built around Washington during the Civil War, but the only one to actually to see combat in the Battle of Fort Stevens in July 11-12, 1864. Confederate General Jubal Early sought to attack Washington, based on reports of weak defenses, which were true enough. Early tried to flank Washington, stopping only to accept a $200,000 bribe from Fredericksburg for not attacking it. By the time his troops fought their way to Fort Stevens, they were too tired to launch an immediate attack. During that night, the North reinforced Fort Stevens and repulsed the next two days attack with the loss of 874 dead. Washington was saved. The fort is about the area of a football complex. It's not a particularly pretty design, no Vauban at work here, but it got the job done.