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

    By Lucinda Prout Janke and Gary Thomas Scott

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    An in-depth account of the Civil War people and events that left their mark on the city at the heart of the Union, shaping its historic legacy.
     
    When the first shots of the Civil War were fired in 1861, Washington, DC, 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.
     
    Includes photos!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateMar 19, 2013
    ISBN9781614238843
    A Guide to Civil War Washington, D.C.: The Capital of the Union
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    Lucinda Prout Janke

    Lucinda Prout Janke is a long-time resident of the Capitol Hill Historic District in Washington, D.C. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Museum Studies from The George Washington University. Now an independent historian, she was Curator of the Kiplinger Washington Collection and Collections Manager at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. Gary Scott is a National Park Service researcher, lecturer, and architectural historian in Washington, D.C. He received his BA from Southwestern University and MA from the University of North Carolina, and has taught extensively. He recently helped identify items that belonged to Clara Barton in a building that was scheduled for demolition in D.C.

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