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Debut Amid Civil War Tides in Washington Square
In a New York drawing room, sixteen year old Ann Byrne prepares for a coming out as Civil War tensions surge. Her guardian Hendricks Cortlandt and relatives debate duty, family, and loyalty while the night’s gaiety yields to the shock of Fort Sumter’s fall and the looming conflict.
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