Download or read book Reveille in Washington written by Margaret Leech and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Featuring a foreword by Battle Cry of Freedom author James McPherson A vibrant portrait of Civil War-era Washington, D.C. that is “packed and running over with the anecdotes, scandals, personalities, and tragi-comedies of the day”—from the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for History (The New Yorker) 1860: The American capital is sprawling, fractured, squalid, colored by patriotism and treason, and deeply divided along the political lines that will soon embroil the nation in bloody conflict. Chaotic and corrupt, the young city is populated by bellicose congressmen, Confederate conspirators, and enterprising prostitutes. Soldiers of a volunteer army swing from the dome of the Capitol, assassins stalk the avenues, and Abraham Lincoln struggles to justify his presidency as the Union heads to war. Reveille in Washington focuses on the everyday politics and preoccupations of Washington during the Civil War. From the stench of corpse-littered streets to the plunging lace on Mary Lincoln’s evening gowns, Margaret Leech illuminates the city and its familiar figures—among them Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, William Seward, and Mary Surratt—in intimate and fascinating detail. Leech’s book remains widely recognized as both an impressive feat of scholarship and an uncommonly engrossing work of history. “The best single popular account of Washington during the great convulsion of the Civil War.” —The Washington Post
Download or read book Reveille in Washington 1860 1865 written by Margaret Washington and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Recollections of War Times written by A. G. Riddle and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1895 Edition.
Download or read book RECOLLECTIONS OF WAR TIMES REM written by A. G. (Albert Gallatin) 1816-19 Riddle and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Spring in Washington written by Louis Halle and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 1988-04-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in the form of a journal by a State Department official during World War II, this book takes readers along on excursions through Washington, D.C., and its environs--the Tidal Basin, Rock Creek Park, and beyond--to experience the rebirth of the season.
Download or read book Recollections of War Times written by Albert Gallatin Riddle and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-18 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Download or read book War Times Inside Washington 1860 1865 Abridged written by Albert Gallatin Riddle and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-10 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Albert Riddle's remarkable political career included the span of the American Civil War. He was an insider's insider. As a Republican in the 37th Congress, he made speeches in favor of arming African-Americans, the first on this subject that were delivered in Congress, speeches on emancipation in the District of Columbia, and speeches in vindication of President Lincoln.This fascinating volume reveals the insider's view of the nation's capital during its greatest peril, the Civil War. Riddle's anecdotes and stories of important people and events are entertaining and informative. Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.
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