The U.S. Capitol under construction, 1860.

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Fort Massachusetts, sally port and soldiers, 1861. The fort was renamed Fort Stevens in 1863.

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General view of 96th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during drill at Camp Northumberland, with the camp in the background, 1861.

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Barricades on Duke Street, Alexandria, Va., erected to protect the Orange and Alexandria Railroad from Confederate cavalry, 1861.

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Slave pen of Price, Birch, & Co., Alexandria, Va., August 1863. Photographed by William R. Pywell.

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East front of Arlington Mansion (General Lee's home), with Union soldiers on the lawn, June 28, 1864.

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Grand review of Union troops, May 23-24, 1865, looking down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Capitol. Artwork by James E. Taylor, July 1, 1881.

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General view of the city from the south toward the Treasury Building and the White House. Cows are grazing near Tiber Creek.

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Smithsonian Institution Building in a field of daisies.

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