Reveille in Washington, 1860-1865
โ Scribed by Leech, Margaret, 1893-1974
- Book ID
- 110218591
- Publisher
- New York, Time
- Year
- 1962
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 574 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
"Time Reading Program special edition.";Bibliography: p. 557-567;The General is older than the Capital -- "The Union, sir, is dissolved" -- Arrival of a Westerner -- Deserted village -- Home of the brave -- Excursion in Virginia -- All quiet on the Potomac -- Ladies in durance -- Two civilians and General Halleck -- Lost leaders -- "The great army of the wounded" -- Black, copper and bright -- Winter of security -- Madam President -- Bloodshed in the spring -- Siege in the suburbs -- Portents of a second term -- Star-spangled capital -- Victory, with harshness -- Lincoln's bills -- Chronology of the main events
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
The general is older than the capital -- The union, sir, is dissolved -- Arrival of a westerner -- Deserted village -- Home of the brave -- Excursion in Virginia -- All quiet on the Potomac -- Ladies in durance -- Two civilians and General Halleck -- Lost leaders -- The great army of the wounded --
1860: The American capital is sprawling, fractured, squalid, colored by patriotism and treason, and deeply divided along the political lines that will soon embroil the nation in bloody conflict. Chaotic and corrupt, the young city is populated by bellicose congressmen, Confederate conspirators,
In 1916, Mexican bandit Pancho Villa raided the southwestern border town of Columbus. Three hundred American soldiers fought four hundred attackers in a battle that ended with one of the last cavalry charges in U.S. history. Outraged, Congress ordered the U.S. Army to invade Mexico in pursuit of Vil