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Lincoln's citadel

the Civil War in Washington, DC

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An edition of Lincoln's citadel (2013)

Lincoln's citadel

the Civil War in Washington, DC

First edition.

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Describes the Civil War from Abraham Lincoln's point of view in Washington, D.C., chronicling how the president supported fugitive slaves and also personally comforted wounded troops during wartime.

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W. W. Norton & Company
Language
English
Pages
486

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Subjects

History, Lincoln, abraham, 1809-1865, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865

People

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Places

Washington (D.C.)

Times

Civil War, 1861-1865
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Cover of: Lincoln's citadel
Lincoln's citadel: the Civil War in Washington, DC
2013, W. W. Norton & Company
in English - First edition.
Cover of: Lincoln's Citadel
Lincoln's Citadel: The Civil War in Washington, DC
2013, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
in English

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Table of Contents

"Abolition house"
"Getting the hang of the house": Congressman Abraham Lincoln
"At war with Washington": the abolitionists
"A western free state man": Lincoln and slavery
"Is the center nothing?": Lincoln's middle ground
"Cleaning the devil out of Washington"
"A wide spread and powerful conspiracy": warnings and threats from Washington
"The way we skulked into this city": claiming the presidency
"This big White House": the Lincoln family
"White and black, all mixed up together": the African American community
"A swift and terrible retribution": striking the first blows
"Order out of confusion": preparing for war
"I was slow to adopt the strong measures": loyalty and disloyalty
"If I were only a boy I'd march off tomorrow": the tide of sick and wounded
"An unknown something called freedom"
"Tinkering experiments": toward emancipation
"Freedom triumphant in war and peace": emancipation in Washington
"We must use what tools we have": toward total war
"On the soil where they were born": the former slaves
"The step which, at once, shortens the war": the Emancipation Proclamation
"Defend what is our own": the limits of freedom
"Never forget what they did here": honoring the fallen
"Worth more than a victory in the field": the end in sight
Epilogue: "The country was ready to say amen".

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-463) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
975.3/02
Library of Congress
E501 .W76 2013, E501.W76 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 486 pages
Number of pages
486

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27147733M
Internet Archive
lincolnscitadelc0000wink
ISBN 10
0393081559
ISBN 13
9780393081558
LCCN
2013017206
OCLC/WorldCat
842337589

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