03072nam 2200589Ia 450 991046532220332120200520144314.00-19-025445-90-19-983073-8(CKB)2560000000071626(EBL)679383(OCoLC)714568485(SSID)ssj0000473144(PQKBManifestationID)11323296(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000473144(PQKBWorkID)10436721(PQKB)10898926(StDuBDS)EDZ0001029520(MiAaPQ)EBC679383(Au-PeEL)EBL679383(CaPaEBR)ebr10464110(EXLCZ)99256000000007162620100923d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe siege of Washington[electronic resource] the untold story of the twelve days that shook the Union /John Lockwood and Charles LockwoodOxford ;New York Oxford University Pressc20111 online resource (327 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-993118-6 0-19-975989-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Preface; Prologue: "On to Washington!""; Monday, April 15: "The Capital Can't Be Taken"; Tuesday, April 16: "The Uprising of the North"; Wednesday, April 17: "Independence or Death"; Thursday, April 18: "Between Many Fires"; Friday, April 19: "Minute Men of '61"; Saturday, April 20: "Lincoln is in a Trap"; Sunday, April 21: "A Real State of Siege"; Monday, April 22: "Enveloped by the Traitors"; Tuesday, April 23: "Fight, Sir, Fight!"; Wednesday, April 24: "The Destiny of the Capitol . . . Suspended by a Hair"; Thursday, April 25: "The Seventh Have Come!"Epilogue: "Jeff Davis Shan't Get It Without Trouble"Acknowledgments; Notes; Photo Credits; IndexOn April 14, 1861, following the surrender of Fort Sumter, Washington was ""put into the condition of a siege,"" declared Abraham Lincoln. Located sixty miles south of the Mason-Dixon Line, the nation's capital was surrounded by the slave states of Maryland and Virginia. With no fortifications and only a handful of trained soldiers, Washington was an ideal target for the Confederacy. The South echoed with cries of ""On to Washington!"" and Jefferson Davis's wife sent out cards inviting her friends to a reception at the White House on May 1. Lincoln issued an emergency proclamation on April 15,United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Washington (D.C.)HistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Electronic books.973.731975.3/02Lockwood John1951-954002Lockwood Charles1948-2012.731800MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465322203321The siege of Washington2157490UNINA