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Author of the new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR (Crown). Nine books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. Contributor PBS @NewsHour. Williams College. Born Chicago.

PRESIDENTS OF WAR:
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    Michael Beschloss‏Verified account @BeschlossDC 16 Sep 2017

    Alexandria, Virginia, headquarters for profiteers in slavery, near end of Civil War: #LOCpic.twitter.com/QOls1a9oW9

    12:21 PM - 16 Sep 2017
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      1. Grenadier‏ @agrenadier 16 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        This is two block from my apartment; it's now the Northern Virginia Urban League and the Freedom House Museum.

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      1. Howard Rogers‏ @Pr1nceOfDarknes 16 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        TBF, this photo just drips with 'economic uncertainty'

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      2. Ginger Lyn  🍂 🍁 🍂‏ @Ginger_Lyn_66 16 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        The same building todaypic.twitter.com/AZEmcH1xEN

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      3. Matteo Persivale‏ @mpersivale 16 Sep 2017
        Replying to @Ginger_Lyn_66 @BeschlossDC

        Thank you for this

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      4. Ginger Lyn  🍂 🍁 🍂‏ @Ginger_Lyn_66 16 Sep 2017
        Replying to @mpersivale @BeschlossDC

        You're welcome

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      1. Grenadier‏ @agrenadier 16 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        1315 Duke Street.

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      2. Ned James‏ @NedFL 16 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        and just across the river from DC

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      3. Matteo Persivale‏ @mpersivale 16 Sep 2017
        Replying to @NedFL @BeschlossDC

        You know, it's the "small",day-by-day stuff like this that kills me, the unspeakably nightmarish banality of it all, "dealership"...

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      4. Philip Campbell‏ @pcbutnotpc 16 Sep 2017
        Replying to @mpersivale @NedFL @BeschlossDC

        So well said! I felt the same way but was at a loss for the right words. Yet its "smallness" is no less shocking and so unbearably sad.

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      2. shannon bradac‏ @catzeye14120 16 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        great photo, can't bring myself to "like it" though. fills my heart w/ sadness. this is what needs to be seen. #ConfederateHistory

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      3. Kokomo Kid‏ @KokomoKid1 16 Sep 2017
        Replying to @catzeye14120 @BeschlossDC

        My exact thoughts on 'liking' the photo, though I do "like" most of Micheal's posts.

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      1. Echo4India‏ @Echo5India 16 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        This happened in this country. It's vital we never forget it.

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      1. patricia‏ @pmcdonald16 16 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        America, only nation in world history to fight a civil war to end slavery. 143 years later, First African American POTUS elected

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      1. Ginger Lyn  🍂 🍁 🍂‏ @Ginger_Lyn_66 16 Sep 2017
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        1315 Duke St

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      1. mountain girl‏ @hayes1942 16 Sep 2017
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        Such a horrible period in our history. To think of selling another human being. #slavery

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      1. Michael Hansen‏ @mhnsn_ 16 Sep 2017
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        Lest anyone forget... Thank you @BeschlossDC

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      1. Janda K  🍷 🥂 🌊‏ @janda_keenan 16 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Incredible photo.

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      2. bnelson44‏ @bnelson44 16 Sep 2017
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        This looks like after Alexandra was taken by the Union forces

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