Possible Naval Yard Bridge photo?

[RJNorton]

(04-23-2013 06:29 PM)L Verge Wrote:  There was an adjacent Camp Stoneman that housed troopers awaiting remounts and also one of the defense fortifications of the capital, Fort Carroll. The Government Hospital for the Insane (Saint Elizabeth's) looked down on all of this from the area that we now know as Anacostia. I believe that I am correct that Col. Ellsworth's Fire Zouaves were camped at Stoneman when they set forth to take the city of Alexandria. I have often wondered if Ellsworth spent his last night in camp or in the White House since he was good friends with Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln and the boys.

Laurie, do you know if Camp Stoneman was ever called Camp Lincoln? I have Ruth Painter Randall's bio of Ellsworth, and if I am reading it correctly, Ellsworth's last night was spent at Camp Lincoln. This was adjacent to Saint Elizabeth's Hospital which was established in 1855 as the Government Hospital for the Insane.

Saint Elizabeth's Hospital