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Why was Washington D.C. burned?

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∙ 12y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

After the Union burned down most of Atlanta (which was a very popular and loved city for the Confederacy) the confederacy burned down Washington DC as revenge, and because they thought it was the Union's political meeting place

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