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Blair House - Lincoln Room

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Francis Preston Blair, acting on behalf of President Abraham Lincoln, offered command of the federal forces to Col. Robert E. Lee in this room at the outbreak of the Civil War. Lee declined the offer.

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Washington, DC : 2 min.

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