Recommended Readings

Adelman, Garry E. and John J. Richter, editors. Ninety-Nine Historic Images of Civil War Washington (Oldsmar, FL and Washington, DC: The Center for Civil War Photography/The Civil War Preservation Trust, 2006.

Barnard, John G. A Report on the Defenses of Washington (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1871).

Benjamin, Marcus, editor. Washington During War Time; A Series of Papers Showing the Military, Political, and Social Phases During 1861 to 1865 (Washington: Byron S. Admas,1902.

Cooling, B. Franklin. Symbol, Sword and Shield; Defending Washington During the Civil War (Shippensburg, PA: White Mane, 1991 edition – originally published 1975).

Cooling, B. Franklin and Walton B. Owen, Mr. Lincoln’s Forts; A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington (Lanham, MD. Scarecrow Press, 2010 – originally published 1988).

Ferguson, Ernest, Freedom Rising; Washington in the Civil War (New York: Knopf, 2004).

Leach, Margaret. Reveille in Washington, 1860-1865 (New York: Harper, 1941)

Lee, Richard M. Mr. Lincoln’s City; An Illustrated Guide to the Civil War Sites of Washington (McLean, VA: EM Publications, 1981)                                                                      

Lockwood, John and Charles Lockwood. The Siege of Washington; The Untold Story of the Twelve Days That Shook the Union. (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2011).

Mitchell, Mary. Divided Town; A Study of Georgetown, D.C. during the Civil War (Barre, MA: Barre Publishers, 1968).

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