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This map of the area around Alexandria, Virginia, shows the railroad lines that were so important during the Civil War.

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1 This map of the area around Alexandria, Virginia, shows the railroad lines that were so important during the Civil War.

2 Mother’s music box.

3 The Marshall House Hotel. The Confederate flag atop the pole could be seen from the White House.

4 The May 26 murders at the Marshall House Hotel were front-page news in the June 15 issue of this paper.

5 decision to secede. The Union army marching into Alexandria the day after Virginians voted to ratify the

6 Union soldiers constructing earthworks in Alexandria. Note the cone-shaped “Sibley tents” that were were used early in the war. Fourteen men slept in each of them, lying like spokes in a wheel, with their feet toward the center.

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