Soldiers Flow Into Capitol in Scene That Recalls Civil War

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"“There have been other instances of soldiers being assigned to protect the Capitol, but the Civil War is the only time we know of in which they quartered there,” said Samuel Holliday, director of operations and scholarship at the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, the nonprofit that promotes the history of the Capitol and Congress.

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Members of the National Guard are issued weapons outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 13.Photographer: Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg
On Aug. 31 of that year, the headquarters of the Military District of Washington requisitioned the Capitol for use as a hospital after a battle, according to a blog post by the office of the architect of the Capitol. The Union had suffered 16,000 causalities and was in desperate need of places to care for the wounded.

Beds were setup in the Rotunda, the Old Hall of the House (now known as National Statuary Hall) and the corridors. The Commissioner of Public Buildings, Benjamin Brown French, estimated between 1,100 and 1,200 sick and wounded soldiers were brought to the Capitol and sentries were placed at every door.


“Besides the field hospital, there were also units of healthy soldiers quartered in the building not only to protect the Capitol but to protect the Union,” Holliday, the historian, said in an email."

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The memory of these were dishonored by Trump's thugs.


Interesting how history repeats itself.


"What we've got here, is failure to communicate".



FUCK ALL NAZIS

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1. Music to bivouac by ...

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2. Beautiful