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Battery Russell, Fort Steven's State Park
5. Battery Russell Gun Mount
History of Fort Stevens (1863-1947)
Fort Stevens, named for General Isaac Stevens, 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.
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