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A Guide to Civil War Washington, D.C.: The Capital of the Union

A Guide to Civil War Washington, D.C.: The Capital of the Union

Janke, Lucinda Prout
Scott, Gary Thomas

Hardcover

Civil War Period (1850-1877)Regional: Middle Atlantic

Publisher Price: $31.99

ISBN10: 1540224996
ISBN13: 9781540224996
Publisher: History Pr
Published: Mar 19 2013
Pages: 146
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
When the first shots of the Civil War were fired in 1861, Washington, D.C., 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.

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