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[Washington, D.C. Execution of the conspirators: scaffold in use and crowd in the yard, seen from the roof of the Arsenal]

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1865 July 7.
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  1. Armories
  2. Assassination
  3. Civil War
  4. Civil War, 1861 1865
  5. District Of Columbia
  6. Hangings
  7. History
  8. Lincoln, Abraham
  9. Military Facilities
  10. United States
  11. Washington (D.C.)
  12. Wet Collodion Negatives

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