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In a raid on July 11, 1864, Confederate General Jubal Early attacked Fort Stevens, the northernmost of the defensive ramparts ringing DC. A small but fierce battle raged for two days 鈥 the only time the Civil War touched District soil 鈥 until Early鈥檚 men withdrew across the Potomac. The fort has been partially restored, but the site is pretty neglected overall.

Abraham Lincoln himself was drawn into the shooting: the president, observing the battle from Fort Stevens鈥 parapet, popped his head up and almost got hit by sharpshooters. It's the only time in American history that a sitting president came under direct fire from an enemy combatant.

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