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Mother’s music box.

This map of the area around Alexandria, Virginia, shows the railroad lines that were so important during the Civil War. Mother’s music box. The Marshall House Hotel. The Confederate flag atop the pole could be seen from the White House.

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Mother’s music box.

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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 HouseHotel. The Confederateflag atop the pole could be seen from the WhiteHouse.

  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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