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Marshall House:
The Marshall House hotel occupied the corner of King and Pitt streets in Alexandria, Virginia. A contemporary account described the establishment as "a second-class house, the resort of rowdies and loafers, and avoided by respectable people." But after the Ellsworth-Jackson shootings, the property became a mecca of sightseers: thousands of Union soldiers passing through Alexandria during the war toured the site, and many carried away souvenirs of the buildings.
Unidentified artist, 1860-65 |