evidence: On January 6, 2021, I was appalled to see that the United States Capitol was invaded and trashed, with people killed. Americans did this to their own Capitol because of lies told by the President and his supporters. On top of all that happened, Confederate battle flags were paraded in the Capitol and on its grounds. This was a travesty that the Confederate army never could accomplish! [...] In July of 1864, Confederate General Jubal Early led the Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia to the edge of Washington, D.C., and fought the Battle of Fort Stevens. The Confederate Army was in Washington, D.C. However, the Union soldiers within the city and the Union VI Corps came up from Petersburg, defeated Early and drove him away from the city. Confederate flags were in Washington, D. C., but their flags never reached our Capitol. On January 6, 2021, that battle flag, a symbol of white supremacy, was flown inside of our "Nation’s Capitol." I wonder what President Abraham Lincoln and General U. S. Grant would think and say if they were here on that day. I wonder…. 119 Responses to The Confederate Army Never Invaded the U. S. Capitol. On January 6, 2021, Their Battle Flag Was There.