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A Bicentennial Evening Event at DACOR Bacon House

in Partnership with 

The Civil War Round Table of the District of Columbia



The Honorable Thomas Shannon, 
Honorary Bicentennial Chair and DACOR President, 
in celebration of the DACOR Bacon House Bicentennial, 
presents

"Foggy Bottom During the Civil War"

A Panel Presentation with

Jessica Barnes, Frank Leone, 

Kristopher D. White, and Dr. Terence Walz

Held 

Thursday, October 30, 2025

About the Topic:

The Civil War affected every ward of the District of Columbia, including that part of the ward that became known as "Foggy Bottom."  Thousands of men volunteered to fight to preserve the Union. Almost every family was affected, not the least the family of William T. Carroll, Clerk of the Supreme Court, his wife Sally Sprigg Carroll, and their two sons and four daughters, who lived on F Street at the corner of 18th in Foggy Bottom and near the Executive Mansion. 

Much of their street was requisitioned by the military. At one end, the Winder Building served as a nerve center of the war; at the other end, Camp Fry was constructed on either side of 23rd from Washington Circle down to the waterfront. 

Speakers at this evening’s event will focus on the camp, the Street, the Winder Building, and the Carroll family as each played its part in the war effort.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SHd46YOAHZ4f_q25uhq4vlCBpU7t47yH/view


About the Speakers:

Join our distinguished panel to dissect the many moving parts of a divisive conflict in or Nation’s capital city: 

Frank Leone, Historian of Foggy Bottom; 
Dr. Terence Walz, Historian, DACOR Bacon House; 
Jessica Barnes, Curator, F Street House; and
Kristopher D. White, Dir. of Education and Events, American Battlefield Trust 


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