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Image: Asylum Avenue in 1865 - Washington DC

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Description: Cropped map of the lower portion of southeast Washington, D.C., in the United States in 1865. The map depicts the location of two American Civil War forts, Fort Carroll and Fort Greble, atop a line of bluffs. Major improved roads used for defense of the city are marked in red. The road just east of the line of bluffs is Asylum Avenue.
Title: Asylum Avenue in 1865 - Washington DC
Credit: Division of Maps, Library of Congress
Author: Engineer Bureau, U.S. Department of War
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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