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Siege Of Washington D C
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Author : F. Colburn Adams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003-04
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Siege Of Washington D C 1867
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Author : Francis Colburn Adams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-06
Siege Of Washington D C 1867 written by Francis Colburn Adams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06 with History categories.
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Siege Of Washington D C
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Author : Francis Colburn Adams
language : en
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Release Date : 1867
Siege Of Washington D C written by Francis Colburn Adams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1867 with Political satire, American categories.
"My publisher ...thinks ... that quite a number of our great generals will be seriously disturbed in their dignity on seeing what liberties my artist has taken with them. ... This work was not written to offend, but to amuse and instruct little people. I have too much respect for our great generals to believe that they will feel offended at what I have said of them. Some of our little generals may perhaps take exception to the positions my artist has assigned them, and feel disposed to make war on him. ...Any close observer of war must have seen that these little generals were always more fierce in making war on writers and artists than courageous in facing the enemy." -- Preface.
Siege Of Washington
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Author : F. Colburn Adams
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-10-30
Siege Of Washington written by F. Colburn Adams and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-30 with categories.
Siege of Washington, D.C. is an American War history classic by F. Colburn Adams.MY publisher gives it as his opinion that a great many persons will be offended at what I have said in this work. He thinks, also, that "quite a number" of our great generals will be seriously disturbed in their dignity on seeing what liberties my artist has taken with them. Such opinions as these are rather too common with publishers in this country, who generally take very narrow views as to what public men think and do. This work was not written to offend, but to amuse and instruct little people. I have too much respect for our great generals to believe that they will feel offended at what I have said of them. Some of our little generals may perhaps take exception to the positions my artist has assigned them, and feel disposed to make war on him. But there will be nothing new in this, inasmuch as any close observer of the war must have seen that these little generals were always more fierce in making war on writers and artists than courageous in facing the enemy. That the Siege of Washington was the most remarkable military event history has any account of, is very well understood among those who participated in it. I must beg the reader, then, not to place false judgment on the pleasantry introduced here and there, since I have recorded, with great care and correctness, all the military movements, that took place during that memorable occasion. F. COLBURN ADAMS.
Siege Of Washington D C
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Author : Francis Colburn Adams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
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Siege Of Washington D C Written Expressly For Little People
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Author : F. Colburn Adams
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-01-15
Siege Of Washington D C Written Expressly For Little People written by F. Colburn Adams and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-15 with Fiction categories.
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The Siege Of Washington
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Author : John Lockwood
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-04-11
The Siege Of Washington written by John Lockwood and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-11 with History categories.
On April 14, 1861, following the surrender of Fort Sumter, Washington was "put into the condition of a siege," declared Abraham Lincoln. Located sixty miles south of the Mason-Dixon Line, the nation's capital was surrounded by the slave states of Maryland and Virginia. With no fortifications and only a handful of trained soldiers, Washington was an ideal target for the Confederacy. The South echoed with cries of "On to Washington!" and Jefferson Davis's wife sent out cards inviting her friends to a reception at the White House on May 1. Lincoln issued an emergency proclamation on April 15, calling for 75,000 troops to suppress the rebellion and protect the capital. One question now transfixed the nation: whose forces would reach Washington first-Northern defenders or Southern attackers? For 12 days, the city's fate hung in the balance. Washington was entirely isolated from the North-without trains, telegraph, or mail. Sandbags were stacked around major landmarks, and the unfinished Capitol was transformed into a barracks, with volunteer troops camping out in the House and Senate chambers. Meanwhile, Maryland secessionists blocked the passage of Union reinforcements trying to reach Washington, and a rumored force of 20,000 Confederate soldiers lay in wait just across the Potomac River. Drawing on firsthand accounts, The Siege of Washington tells this story from the perspective of leading officials, residents trapped inside the city, Confederates plotting to seize it, and Union troops racing to save it, capturing with brilliance and immediacy the precarious first days of the Civil War.
Siege Of Washington D C Written Expressly For Little People
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Author : Francis Colburn Adams
language : en
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Release Date : 2019-03-23
Siege Of Washington D C Written Expressly For Little People written by Francis Colburn Adams and has been published by Wentworth Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-23 with History categories.
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Siege Of Washington D C Written Expressly For Little People
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Author : F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams
language : en
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Release Date : 2012-01
Siege Of Washington D C Written Expressly For Little People written by F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams and has been published by Hardpress Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01 with categories.
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Seige Of Washington
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Author : F. Colburn Adams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006-06-01
Seige Of Washington written by F. Colburn Adams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-01 with History categories.
An account of this historic US event written for young people