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| Tango01 | 04 Dec 2014 11:14 p.m. PST |
…a Confederate City. "In December 1860, the United States was on the brink of civil war. South Carolina's legislature had already passed an ordnance of secession and other states would soon follow suit. The nation's capital Washington, D.C. was in a perilous position. Surrounded by secessionist Virginia and ambivalent Maryland, the undefended city would soon find itself within quick marching distance of Confederate armies. In 1860, the U.S. Army was busy fighting natives out West. Worse, many city residents—in particular, the family and friends of U.S. legislators from southern states—were "actively disloyal," in the words of historian Philip Van Doren Stern…"
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