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Subject: Re: handwriting help needed
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In soc.genealogy.britain singhals <singh...@erols.com> wrote:

: I dislike "redoubt" largely because I don't remember there 
: being redoubts around the Capitol Building ... There were 
: redoubts up near Western/Eastern Aves -- Ft Stevens, Ft 
: Reno, Ft Totten (and the other 4), yes, mentioned often, but 
: I'm not recalling any mention of any on the Capitol grounds.

A photo of another militia unit drawn up in front of the Capitol in April 
1861 does not show any redoubts. The letter in question having been 
written only a week after Fort Sumter, I rather doubt there were any 
redoubts under construction. Lincoln and his cabinet, by the way, had 
chosen the patent office building to make their last stand as it was made 
of brick and had deep set windows. 

-dja