Rescue of the Papers of State During the Burning of Washington
In August 1814, British forces occupying the Chesapeake Bay began to sail up the Patuxent River in Maryland. Fearing an attack...
Tensions in the Capital - Photo 1
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- Library of Congress
Tensions in the Capital - Photo 1
The Cutts House on F Street during the Civil War was the Sanitary Commission headquarters, ca. 1865.
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