Fort Bunker Hill Fort Bunker Hill was built in the fall of 1861
by the 11th Massachusetts Infantry and was named after the
Revolutionary fortification at Bunker Hill, Massachusetts. It
occupied an important position between Fort Totten and Fort
Lincoln. Thirteen guns and mortars were mounted in the fort.
Unfortunately, little evidence of Fort Bunker Hill is still
visible. Did You Know? As early as the 1820s, free African
Americans settled in a community called Vinegar Hill, an area
now known as Brightwood. During the Civil War, Fort Stevens was
built within Vinegar Hill boundaries and repulsed the only
Confederate attack on the District of Columbia.