Six days in April : Lincoln and the Union in peril / Frank B. Marcotte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marcotte, Frank B., 1923-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politicians--Maryland--Biography.

Politicians.

Secession--Maryland.

Secession.

Riots--Maryland--Baltimore--History--19th century.

Riots.

Baltimore (Md.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Baltimore (Md.).

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

Washington (D.C.).

United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.

United States.

Maryland--Politics and government--1861-1865.

Maryland.

Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Transportation.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Transportation.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Algora Pub., c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This is a historical account including first-person views, of the roles played by five men during six crucial days in 1861 who vied to control the communication links to Washington. These events encapsulate the complexity of motives and logistics, and the mixed shifting loyalties, that characterized much of the Civil War"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

""Six Days in April""; ""Six Days in April""; ""Lincoln and the Union in Peril""; ""Frank Marcotte""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Chapter 1. Two Cities: Baltimore and Washington""; ""Chapter 2. Five Men: Lincoln, Hicks, Brown, Kane, and Butler""; ""Thomas Hicks""; ""George W. Brown""; ""George P. Kane""; ""Benjamin F. Butler""; ""Chapter 3. The Strange Isolation of Washington""; ""The Baltimore Riot""; ""Friday Morning, April 19, 1861""; ""A Midnight Mob In Baltimore""; ""Friday Afternoon, April 19, 1861""; ""Washington Is Isolated""; ""Saturday, April 20, 1861.""

""Chapter 4. Mr. Lincoln and Mayor Brown""""Chapter 5. Butler Stymied at Annapolis""; ""Chapter 6. Washington in Despair""; ""Tuesday, April 23, 1861""; ""Chapter 7. The March from Annapolis to Washington""; ""Private Theodore Winthrop""; ""Wednesday, April 24, 1861""; ""Chapter 8. Arrival in Washington""; ""Epilogue: Butler, Hicks, Kane, Brown, and Lincoln in the Continuation of the Civil War""; ""Epilogue""; ""General Benjamin Butler""; ""Thomas Hicks""; ""George P. Kane""; ""George Brown""; ""Abraham Lincoln""; ""The Afterword""; ""Bibliography""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-87586-315-9

1-4175-8909-4

OCLC:

437191882