| _____ The Civil War began. |
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| _____ Freedmen's Village was founded. |
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| _____ Union troops seized the Custis-Lee Arlington estate. |
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| _____ John B. Syphax argued before the War Department for the
villagers' wellbeing. |
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| _____ Freedman's Village in Arlington was closed for good. |
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| _____ The Civil War ended. |
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| _____ Some villagers were allowed to buy their homes. |
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| _____ Congress freed the slaves in Washington. |
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