 Fort Ward never saw any attacks, and was dismantled in November 1865, though many African- Americans continued to live there into the 1900s.The fort is now a part of the City of Alexandria's Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site adjacent to Braddock Road, and the museum offers rotating exhibits on American Civil War subjects and a Civil War library.It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and hosts Civil War and Revolutionary War reenactments.