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Title: Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland, described in a hand-book for the tourist over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Snowden, William H. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway. (from old catalog)
Publisher: Alexandria, Va., Printed by G. H. Ramey & son
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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the Potomac visits Alexandria without inquir-ing for the Marshall House. It became famous in history in the early days of the late OF VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. 15 war, and has so remained ever since. It was in this building that one of the bloodiesttragedies of the war was enacted, in which two men met their death in a terrible en-counter. The spring of 1861 found Alexandria, as well as many other Southern cities, in aferment of excitement. The place was held by a few companies ot Confederatesoldiers, who flaunted the stars and bars literally within sight of the Capitol and underthe guns of the Federal steamer Pawnee, which was anchored off the city at the time. One beautiful Saturday afternoon, a few weeks before the lamentable tragedy whichconcentrated the attention of the country on Alexandria, James Jackson, who was thelessee of the Marshall House, a sort of tavern, more than a hotel, situated on thesoutheast corner of King and Pitt streets, flung to the breeze, from the roof of that
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MARSHALL HOUSE. building, a large-sized Confederate flag, with the defiant assertion that the man wholowered it would do so over his dead body. The occasion was one of some rejoicingand enthusiasm among those who had cast their fortunes with the Confederacy, or whosympathized with the disunion movement. A few days before the capture of Alexandria, President Lincoln and his Cabinet,from some elevated spot in Washington, with field-glasses, viewed the objectionableflag, and in the course of the conversation that followed Mr. Lincoln remarked thatthe ensign of treason would not remain there long; nor did it, as on the night ofThursday, May 23, 1861, a silent move was made on this defiant city, which resultedin its capture and the stampede of its Confederate garrison to Manassas Junction onthe Orange and Alexandria (now Virginia Midland) Railroad, about twenty-sevenmiles distant. The plans of the Federal troops, through some miscarriage, proved ineffectual so faras capturing the rebel sol

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