Outlying Gun Battery (Historical Marker)

Here follows the inscription written on this trailside historical marker:

Outlying Gun Battery

This outlying 6-gun battery was constructed to cover the ravine where Interstate 395 is located today. The remains of a covered-way rifle trench that extended from the Northwest Bastion is visible near the park road. This trench provided protection for troops moving from the fort to support the outlying gun battery.

Erected by City of Alexandria, Virginia.