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Saturday April 27, 1861

Seventh New York Arrives The Seventh New York arrives in the Capital and is quartered in the Capital Building. With the arrival of more troops some of the tension begins to ease in Washington. However, many government employees resign and head South. In a bold move the President suspends the writ of habeous corpus on the line the troops will use between Philadelphia and Washington. Lincoln also extends the blockade to parts of North Carolina and Virginia.