No contest: DC. I'm not sure if you need several days there, but doing the museums, the capital building and the rest of "the mall" is very worthwhile. From there, you're less than 2 hours from Gettysburg (PA). You could get your civil war fix in there. Then, depending on how much you want to see, you could drive a couple hours east to Philadelphia (see the Rocky statue, Liberty Bell, get a Philly Cheesesteak on South Street), and then work your way back along the I-95 through Baltimore (where there's nothing that's a "must see" in my opinion).
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