A guide to Civil War Washington, D.C.

"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, [the author] renders an intimate portrait of a community on the front lines of war"--Page 4 of cover.

שנה

2013

שפה

English

הוצאה

Arcadia Publishing

מהדורות

3

ISBN

9781540224996

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata