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Frontier Guards in the East Room

A day after the Virginia convention passed a secession ordinance there were still lots of rumors about a Confederate attack on Washington, D.C. From The New-York Times April 19, 1861: WASHINGTON, Thursday, April 18. … REPORTED ATTACK ON WASHINGTON. There … Continue reading

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