The day Lincoln was almost shot : the Fort Stevens story /

In The Day Lincoln Was Almost Shot: The Fort Stevens Story, historian B.F. Cooling documents the story of President Abraham Lincoln and the Battle of Fort Stevens in July 1864. Standing apart in American history as the only time a sitting American president came under enemy fire while in office, it...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cooling, Benjamin Franklin, III, 1938-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : The Scarecrow Press, Incorporated, [2013]
Temas:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865
1800-1899
Maryland Campaign, 1864.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.) > History > 19th century.
Washington (D.C.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Washington (D.C.) > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)
Washington (D.C.)
Washington (D.C.) > Fort Stevens
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Mr. Lincoln's capital as center of gravity
  • Lincoln and the army come to the suburbs
  • Abe's re-election, Old Jube and the moment of greatest danger
  • Sigel/Weber and upper Potomac delays
  • Monocacy, a secretary's son and the road to Washington
  • Blindness or stupidity on a hot weekend
  • First defenders to the front: Lincoln at Fort Stevens, July 11
  • The president is almost shot: July 12
  • Rebel recessional/yankee repercussions
  • Lincoln, Fort Stevens and American memory.

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