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. District of Columbia Retrocession to Maryland: as Arlington County in 1846 was retroceded to Virginia proponents believe the rest of the District of Columbia with the exception of a small strip of land around the Capitol and the White House would be given back to Maryland allowing for DC residents to become Maryland residents as they were prior to the Residence Act of 1790! . Other important personalities of the Civil War born in the immediate Washington area included Confederate Senator Thomas Jenkins Semmes Union general John Milton Brannan John Rodgers Meigs (whose death sparked a significant controversy throughout the North) and Confederate brigade commander Richard Hanson Weightman, This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. See also: History of unfree labor in the United States. Washington D.C during the later stages of the War Booth crept up from behind and at about 10:13 pm fired at the back of Lincoln's head mortally wounding him Lincoln's guest Major Henry Rathbone momentarily grappled with Booth but Booth stabbed him and escaped.:597.

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