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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 19. August 1864 / Timeline August 19, 1864
Version 3.518. August 1864, 20. August 1864
08/19/1864
British troops landed at Benedict, Maryland, on the shores of the Patuxent River on August 19, 1864. A few days later, the British set fire to the White House, the Capitol, and many of the other public buildings in Washington.
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