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To: Kenneth Kirk who wrote (159)1/30/2003 6:31:21 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 341
 
WOULD he have taken the Capitol, though? It was hardly undefended. The Union understood its significance quite well and just how close it was to hostile forces- -DC borders Virginia, a Confederate state. Washington and Richmond are only about a hundred miles apart.