Bureau of Colored Troops
551 17th St., N.W. - Established in the Adjutant General’s Office on May 22, 1863, the bureau was directed by Major Charles W. Foster. The bureau stood within walking distance of Union Army headquarters. The Winder Building and the Navy Department, both of which stood on 17th Street near Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. African American Civil War Sites in the District of Columbia

Old Naval Hospital
900 Pennsylvania Ave., S.E. - Opened in 1866, the building’s first patient was African American Seaman Benjamin Drummond. The 24 year-old native of New York had been wounded in action while serving onboard the U.S.S. Morning Light. Captured, he escaped and served on the U.S.S. Squando. He was admitted to this hospital on October 1, 1866 because his wound reopened. He was discharged from the hospital and the Navy in 1868.
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Fort Corcoran
Key Blvd & North Ode St., Arlington, Virginia - Units of the 107th U.S. Colored Troops were stationed here in 1865 to assist in the defense of the city. Members of the regiment also took part in the city’s first postwar District Emancipation Day parade.

Fort Pocahontas
The battle of Fort Pocahontas took place on May 24, 1864, when Confederate cavalrymen led by Robert E. Lee's nephew attacked the earthen fort garrisoned by the First, USCT of Washington, D.C. commanded by U. S. General Edward A. Wild. The smaller Union force beat back the Confederate attacks and maintained the Union's grip on James River navigation.

Washington Navy Yard
8th and M Sts., S.E. - Following similar practices at the Navy yards in New York and Philadelphia, black men went there to join the Union Navy. Many also worked there during the war. Fugitive slaves were brought to the yard in naval vessels, and were taught in the Navy Yard chapel.

Fort Slocum Near 3rd & Oglethorpe Sts., N.W. - Units of the 4th U.S. Colored Troops were stationed here for several weeks at the end of the war. The white officers of the regiment posed here for at least two group photographs, one of which also included the enlisted man, Sergeant Major Christian A. Fleetwood, a winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Fort Lincoln Intersection of Bladensburg Rd., & South Dakota Ave., N.E. - Elements of the 4th U.S. Colored Troops were stationed here as well as at Fort Slocum at the end of the war. There is a famous photograph taken at the fort of 27 African American soldiers from Company E.