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The Union Divides, 1861

Union soldiers in front of the unfinished new Senate wing of the Capitol, 1861.

Union soldiers in front of the unfinished new Senate wing of the Capitol, 1861.

 

Union soldiers in front of the unfinished new Senate wing of the Capitol, 1861.

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