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Mr. Lincoln's Forts - A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington (Hardcover, New Edition)
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Mr. Lincoln's Forts - A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington (Hardcover, New Edition)
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During the American Civil War, Washington, D.C. was the most
heavily fortified city in North America. As President Abraham
Lincoln's Capital, the city became the symbol of Union
determination, as well as a target for Robert E. Lee's
Confederates. As a Union army and navy logistical base, it
contained a complex of hospitals, storehouses, equipment repair
facilities, and animal corrals. These were in addition to other
public buildings, small urban areas, and vast open space that
constituted the capital on the Potomac. To protect Washington with
all it contained and symbolized, the Army constructed a shield of
fortifications: 68 enclosed earthen forts, 93 supplemental
batteries, miles of military roads, and support structures for
commissary, quartermaster, engineer, and civilian labor force, some
of which still exist today. Thousands of troops were held back from
active operations to garrison this complex. And the Commanders of
the Army of the Potomac from Irvin McDowell to George Meade, and
informally U.S. Grant himself, always had to keep in mind their
responsibility of protecting this city, at the same time that they
were moving against the Confederate forces arrayed against them.
Revised in style, format, and content, the new edition of Mr.
Lincoln's Forts is the premier historical reference and tour guide
to the Civil War defenses of Washington, D.C.
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