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President Abraham Lincoln insisted that construction of the United States Capitol continue during the American Civil War.. During the American Civil War (1861–1865), Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States, was the center of the Union war effort, which rapidly turned it from a small city into a major capital with full civic infrastructure and strong defenses.
North facade of the Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB), also known as the "Castle," from the northeast, before the fire of 1865, showing people on a path in front of the Castle and a flower-covered expanse along the Mall in front of the building, by Unknown, c. 1858, photographic print, courtesy of Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 25, Folder: 1, 9748-A or MAH-9748A.
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Jun 17, 2020 · March 4th, 1861. Washington, D.C., was the Union capital during the Civil War. It was home to the United States Government and served as a base of operations for the Union Army throughout the war. Originally designed by Pierre Charles L’Enfant after his home city of Paris, France, Washington, D.C., was to be a visionary metropolis.
Feb 15, 2016 · Capitol-of-the-United-States-Washington-D.C. Washington remained a small city of a few thousand residents, virtually deserted during the summertime, until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. President Abraham Lincoln created the Army of the Potomac to defend the federal capital, and thousands of soldiers came to the area.
Apr 15, 2011 · The old mahogany clock outside the Senate chamber ticked past midnight on March 4, 1861, as one of the most momentous days in America’s history—and in Washington’s—began. Through the small hours of the night, the lawmakers argued, fulminated, cajoled. For years, this building had been the scene of mounting rancor: hailstorms of ...
First Years of a Great Hotel. Henry Willard had been invited to Washington in 1847 to try his luck running a hotel that Charles Dickens described simply as “a long row of small houses” built in 1816 at Fourteenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. 4 Willard was 25, with some hotel experience back home in Vermont and a fine reputation earned as “landlord, caterer, steward, or what you may ...
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May 31, 2023 · This photograph was taken two days before he left Springfield en route to Washington, DC, for his inauguration. February 24, 1861: By Alexander Gardner. Taken during President-elect Lincoln’s first sitting in Washington, D.C., the day after his arrival by train. March 1, 1861 and June 30, 1861 (between): By Unknown Photographer
