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Book A Guide to Civil War Washington  D C

Download or read book A Guide to Civil War Washington D C written by Lucinda Prout Janke and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth account of the Civil War people and events that left their mark on the city at the heart of the Union, shaping its historic legacy. When the first shots of the Civil War were fired in 1861, Washington, DC, was a small, essentially Southern city. The capital rapidly transformed as it prepared for invasion—army camps sprung up in Foggy Bottom, the Navy Yard on Anacostia was a beehive of activity, and even the Capitol was pressed into service as a barracks. Local citizens and government officials struggled to accommodate the fugitive slaves and troops that crowded into the city. From the story of one of the first African American army surgeons, Dr. Alexander Augusta to the tireless efforts of Clara Barton, historian Lucinda Prout Janke renders an intimate portrait of a community on the front lines of war. Join Janke as she guides readers through the changing landscape of a capital besieged. Includes photos!

Book A Guide to Civil War Washington

Download or read book A Guide to Civil War Washington written by Stephen Michael Forman and published by Elliott & Clark Pub. This book was released on 1995 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Guide to Civil War Washington, historian Stephen M. Forman takes you on a fascinating journey through the District of Columbia both as it was during the Civil War and as it is today. Here you can visit the actual sites where history was made. For students of Civil War history, there is simply no more thorough directory of extant period sites in the nation's capital.

Book Mr  Lincoln s Forts

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  • Author : Benjamin Franklin Cooling
  • Publisher : Scarecrow Press
  • Release : 2009-10-06
  • ISBN : 0810863073
  • Pages : 334 pages

Download or read book Mr Lincoln s Forts written by Benjamin Franklin Cooling and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the American Civil War, Washington, D.C. was the most heavily fortified city in North America. As President Abraham Lincoln's Capital, the city became the symbol of Union determination, as well as a target for Robert E. Lee's Confederates. As a Union army and navy logistical base, it contained a complex of hospitals, storehouses, equipment repair facilities, and animal corrals. These were in addition to other public buildings, small urban areas, and vast open space that constituted the capital on the Potomac. To protect Washington with all it contained and symbolized, the Army constructed a shield of fortifications: 68 enclosed earthen forts, 93 supplemental batteries, miles of military roads, and support structures for commissary, quartermaster, engineer, and civilian labor force, some of which still exist today. Thousands of troops were held back from active operations to garrison this complex. And the Commanders of the Army of the Potomac from Irvin McDowell to George Meade, and informally U.S. Grant himself, always had to keep in mind their responsibility of protecting this city, at the same time that they were moving against the Confederate forces arrayed against them. Revised in style, format, and content, the new edition of Mr. Lincoln's Forts is the premier historical reference and tour guide to the Civil War defenses of Washington, D.C.

Book A Tourist Guide to Civil War Washington D  C

Download or read book A Tourist Guide to Civil War Washington D C written by Thomas Power Lowry and published by Idle Winter Press. This book was released on 2017-03-10 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington, DC was wild in 1863. Wild and wide open. The tourist, civilian or military, had his choice of 5 theatres, 29 hotels, 212 restaurants, 88 houses of prostitution, 16 whiskey saloons, 85 grocery and liquor stores, 22 rum mills, and 15 oyster saloons. Newly opened Federal records tell all.

Book Mr  Lincoln s City

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  • Author : Richard McGowan Lee
  • Publisher : E P M Publications
  • Release : 1981
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 180 pages

Download or read book Mr Lincoln s City written by Richard McGowan Lee and published by E P M Publications. This book was released on 1981 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work describes 80 Civil War era historic sites in downtown Washington, D.C.

Book Washington Brotherhood

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  • Author : Rachel A. Shelden
  • Publisher : UNC Press Books
  • Release : 2013-12-16
  • ISBN : 1469610868
  • Pages : 296 pages

Download or read book Washington Brotherhood written by Rachel A. Shelden and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional portrayals of politicians in antebellum Washington, D.C., describe a violent and divisive society, full of angry debates and violent duels, a microcosm of the building animosity throughout the country. Yet, in Washington Brotherhood, Rachel Shelden paints a more nuanced portrait of Washington as a less fractious city with a vibrant social and cultural life. Politicians from different parties and sections of the country interacted in a variety of day-to-day activities outside traditional political spaces and came to know one another on a personal level. Shelden shows that this engagement by figures such as Stephen Douglas, John Crittenden, Abraham Lincoln, and Alexander Stephens had important consequences for how lawmakers dealt with the sectional disputes that bedeviled the country during the 1840s and 1850s--particularly disputes involving slavery in the territories. Shelden uses primary documents--from housing records to personal diaries--to reveal the ways in which this political sociability influenced how laws were made in the antebellum era. Ultimately, this Washington "bubble" explains why so many of these men were unprepared for secession and war when the winter of 1860-61 arrived.

Book How the Civil War Changed Washington

Download or read book How the Civil War Changed Washington written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Testament to Union

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  • Author : Kathryn Allamong Jacob
  • Publisher : JHU Press
  • Release : 1998-10-13
  • ISBN : 9780801858611
  • Pages : 220 pages

Download or read book Testament to Union written by Kathryn Allamong Jacob and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1998-10-13 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the stories behind the many District of Columbia statues that honor participants in the Civil War. Organized geographically for easy use on walking or driving tours, the entries list the subject and title of each memorial along with its sculptor, medium, date, and location. 92 photos.

Book Washington Roebling s Civil War

Download or read book Washington Roebling s Civil War written by Diane Monroe Smith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Washington Roebling is well known as the man who supervised construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. His path to overseeing that monumental task began during the Civil War. In addition to his brave, dramatic actions at Gettysburg, his Civil War service was remarkable: artilleryman, bridge builder, scout, balloonist, mapmaker, engineer, and staff officer. His story reveals much about Gettysburg but also about Civil War intelligence and engineering and the politics and infighting within the Army of the Potomac’s high command. Roebling’s service—leadership, engineering, decision-making, and managing personalities and politics—prepared him well for overseeing the Brooklyn Bridge.

Book The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War

Download or read book The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War written by H. W. Crocker, III and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-10-21 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War is a joyful, myth-busting, rebel yell that shatters today’s Leftist and demeaning stereotypes about the South and the Civil War.

Book The Civil War in Washington County  Maryland

Download or read book The Civil War in Washington County Maryland written by Charles S. Adams and published by Charles s Adams. This book was released on 1996-04-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Guide Leaflets for the Tour of Historic Civil War Defenses  Washington

Download or read book Guide Leaflets for the Tour of Historic Civil War Defenses Washington written by Stanley William McClure and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mr  Lincoln s Forts

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  • Author : B. Franklin Cooling
  • Publisher : White Mane Pub
  • Release : 1988-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780942597066
  • Pages : 256 pages

Download or read book Mr Lincoln s Forts written by B. Franklin Cooling and published by White Mane Pub. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Civil War Washington

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  • Author : Susan C. Lawrence
  • Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
  • Release : 2015-04
  • ISBN : 0803269919
  • Pages : 241 pages

Download or read book Civil War Washington written by Susan C. Lawrence and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015-04 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While it is impossible to re-create the tumultuous Washington DC of the Civil War, Civil War Washington sets out to examine the nation's capital during the Civil War along with the digital platform (civilwardc.org) that reimagines it during those turbulent years. Among the many topics covered in the volume is the federal government's experiment in compensated emancipation, which went into effect when all of the capital's slaves were freed in April 1862. Another essay explores the city's place as a major center of military hospitals, patients, and medical administration. Other contributors reflect on literature and the war, particularly on the poetry published in hospital newspapers and Walt Whitman's formative experiences with the city and its wounded. The digital project associated with this book offers a virtual examination of the nation's capital from multiple perspectives. Through a collection of datasets, visual works, texts, and maps, the digital project offers a case study of the social, political, cultural, and scientific transitions provoked or accelerated by the Civil War. The book also provides insights into the complex and ever-shifting nature of ongoing digital projects while encouraging others to develop their own interpretations and participate in the larger endeavor of digital history.

Book Civil War Road Trip  Volume I  A Guide to Northern Virginia  Maryland   Pennsylvania  1861 1863  First Manassas to Gettysburg  Vol  1

Download or read book Civil War Road Trip Volume I A Guide to Northern Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania 1861 1863 First Manassas to Gettysburg Vol 1 written by Michael Weeks and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2011-07-04 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new, amazingly detailed, and thorough guide from the author of The Complete Civil War Road Trip Guide. Although the Civil War was fought across America, the most captivating events for history buff s seem to be those that occurred in the relatively small region surrounding the two wartime capitals, Washington, DC, and Richmond, Virginia. In The Civil War Road Trip: A Guide to Northern Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, author Michael Weeks takes you on complete tours of every major military campaign in the region during the first two years of the war, from First Manassas in 1861 to Gettysburg in 1863. Weeks has visited every site included here, learning their vibrant stories and driving thousands of miles to bring readers the most accurate information. Detailed directions and maps for your own road trip, along with a blow-by-blow history of each campaign, will guide you to and through some of the war’s most critical battlegrounds, including Fredericksburg, Antietam, and the Shenandoah Valley. Travel tips, historic lodging places, and further sources of information are also included. Fully up to date and thoroughly researched, this guidebook is indispensable for travelers interested in America’s history.

Book Desperate Engagement

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  • Author : Marc Leepson
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2008-06-10
  • ISBN : 9780312382230
  • Pages : 324 pages

Download or read book Desperate Engagement written by Marc Leepson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-06-10 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marc Leepson, critically acclaimed author of Flag: An American Biography, examines the Battle of Monocacy---a crucial and singular moment in the Civil War---with his trademark historical detail and enlivening voice The Battle of Monocacy, which took place four miles south of Frederick, Maryland on a blisteringly hot day in 1864, was a full-field engagement between some 12,000 battle-hardened Confederate troops led by the controversial Jubal Anderson Early, and some 5,800 Union troops, many of them untested in battle, under the mercurial Lew Wallace. When the fighting ended, Early had routed Wallace in the northernmost Confederate victory of the war. Two days later, on another brutally hot afternoon, the foul-mouthed, hard-drinking Early sat astride his horse outside the gates of Fort Stevens in the upper northwestern fringe of Washington, D.C. He was about to make one of the war's most fateful, portentous decisions: whether or not to order his men to invade the nation's capital. Once manned by tens of thousands of experienced troops, Washington's ring of forts and fortifications that day were in the hands of a ragtag collection of walking wounded Union soldiers, the Veteran Reserve Corps, along with what were known as hundred days' men---raw recruits who had joined the Union Army to serve as temporary, rear-echelon troops. It was with great shock, then, that the city received news of the impending rebel attack. With near panic filling the streets, Union leaders scrambled to coordinate a force of volunteers. But Early did not pull the trigger. With his men exhausted after the fight at Monocacy and the ensuing march, Early paused before attacking the feebly manned Fort Stevens, giving Union General Ulysses Grant just enough time to send thousands of veteran troops up from Richmond. In the battle that followed, Abraham Lincoln became the only sitting president in American history to come so close to military action that he was fired upon by the enemy. Historian Marc Leepson shows that had Early arrived in Washington one day earlier, the ensuing havoc easily could have brought about a different conclusion to the war. He uses a vast amount of primary material, including memoirs, official records, newspaper accounts, diary entries and eyewitness reports in a reader-friendly and engaging description of the events surrounding what became known as "the Battle That Saved Washington."