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03056aam a2200445 a 4500 001 290FEE8AAF9911EAB597040797128E48 003 SILO 005 20200616010411 008 110324r20111941nyub b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2011011713 020 $a 1590174461 020 $a 9781590174463 035 $a (OCoLC)708762743 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BWX $d UKMGB $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d OCL $d OCLCQ $d OCL $d AL5OZ $d TKN $d OCL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-dc 050 00 $a E501 $b .L4 2011 082 00 $a 975.3/02 $2 22 100 1 $a Leech, Margaret, $d 1893-1974. 245 10 $a Reveille in Washington, 1860-1865 / $c Margaret Leech ; introduction by James M. McPherson. 260 $a New York : $b New York Review Books, $c [2011] 300 $a xii, 591 pages : $b maps ; $c 21 cm. 490 1 $a New York Review Books classics 500 $a Originally published: New York : Harper, ©1941. 500 $a "A New York review book"--Title page verso. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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. 520 $a 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. 520 $a Conspirators, and enterprising prostitutes. Soldiers of a volunteer army swing from the dome of the Capitol, assassins stalk the avenues, and Abraham Lincoln struggles to justify his presidency as the Union heads to war. 520 $a Reveille in Washington focuses on the everyday politics and preoccupations of Washington during the Civil War. From the stench of corpse-littered streets to the plunging lace on Mary Lincolns evening gowns, Margaret Leech illuminates the city and its familiar figuresamong them Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, William Seward, and Mary Surrattin intimate and fascinating detail. 520 $a Leechs book remains widely recognized as both an impressive feat of scholarship and an uncommonly engrossing work of history. 651 0 $a Washington (D.C.) $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865. 651 7 $a Washington (D.C.) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204505 648 7 $a 1861-1865 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a New York Review Books classics. 941 $a 1 952 $l OZAX845 $d 20240525040750.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=290FEE8AAF9911EAB597040797128E48 994 $a 92 $b IOOInitiate Another SILO Locator Search