Lincoln's citadel : the Civil War in Washington, DC / Kenneth J. Winkle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winkle, Kenneth J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Washington (D.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Washington (D.C.).

Local Subjects:

Washington (D.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvi, 486 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2013]

Summary:

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.

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."

Notes:

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

ISBN:

9780393081558

0393081559

OCLC:

842337589