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Mr. Lincoln's Forts
A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington
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2009
Summary
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 Lincoln's Forts is the premier historical reference and tour guide to the Civil War defenses of Washington, D.C.
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Copyright year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-6759-8
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-6307-1
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
310
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Contents No access
Foreword No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction: The State and the Fate of the Defenses of Washington No access
An Invitation to Help No access
How to Visit a Fort and What to Look For No access
A Word about Maps No access
Chapter 1. The Most Heavily Fortified City in North America No access Pages 1 - 24
Chapter 2. Engineer Details of Construction No access Pages 25 - 38
Chapter 3. Touring the Forts South of the Potomac No access Pages 39 - 136
Chapter 4. Touring the Forts North of the Potomac No access Pages 137 - 208
Chapter 5. Touring the Forts East of the Anacostia River No access Pages 209 - 242
Chapter 6. Touring the River Forts No access Pages 243 - 250
Appendix A. John Gross Barnard: "Father of the Defenses" No access Pages 251 - 252
Appendix B. Selected Ordnance Statistics for the Defenses of Washington No access Pages 253 - 256
Appendix C. Engineer Glossary No access Pages 257 - 260
Appendix D. Communications in the Defenses of Washington No access Pages 261 - 264
Appendix E. Regulations for Care of Fieldworks and Government of Garrisons No access Pages 265 - 268
Appendix F. Engineer Drawings of Selected Forts with Existing Earthworks No access Pages 269 - 290
