Battery Russell, Fort Steven's State Park

4. Battery Russell Gun Mount

History of Fort Stevens (1863-1947)
Fort Stevens, named for: Brevet Major General Issac I. Stevens, killed in action at Chantilly, VA, 1862. He was also a former Governor of Washington Territory, was constructed by the U.S. Army toward the end of the Civil war and remained active through World War II. The fort was built to protect the North against an English invasion from Canada, should the British join the Civil War on the Confederate side. In its long history, Fort Stevens never fired its guns in anger. Battery Russell was a later battery sited to be able to defend along the beach as opposed to the Columbia River.