 | Reveille in Washington, 1860 - 1865 by Margaret Leech
Buy new: $35.95 / Used from: $7.00 The first history of the Capital at war and a darn fine read.
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 | Freedom Rising: Washington in the Civil War by Ernest B. Furgurson
Buy new: $30.00 / Used from: $0.87 The updated and also well written history of the Capital at war.
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 | Donnybrook: The Battle of Bull Run, 1861 by David Detzer
Buy new: $28.00 / Used from: $2.92 DC's first taste of what was going to be 4 years of conflict
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 | Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas by John J. Hennessy
Buy new: $18.02 / Used from: $9.99 THE BOOK on the Second Bull Run Campaign. It is one of my personal favorites.
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 | Season of Fire: The Confederate Strike on Washington by Joseph Judge
Buy used from: $2.39 It's as close as the Confederacy ever got.
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 | Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $11.75 A very readable account of what was going on at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
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 | Over Lincoln's Shoulder: The Committee on the Conduct of the War (Modern War Studies) by Bruce Tap
Buy used from: $12.31 What was going on at Capitol Hill during the war...
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 | Lincoln in the Telegraph Office: Recollections of the United States Military Telegraph Corps during the Civil War by David Homer Bates
Buy new: $29.95 / Used from: $13.95 Recollections of a war department telegrapher. It's an interesting viewpoint on the war.
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 | Gray Ghost: The Life of Col. John Singleton Mosby by James A. Ramage
Buy new: $27.30 / Used from: $5.49 Mosby and the Partisan Rangers raised cain around DC. This is the best researched and one of the best written biographies of him.
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 | Symbol, Sword, and Shield: Defending Washington During the Civil War by Benjamin Franklin Cooling
Buy used from: $9.95 The history of the defenses of Washington and the men who manned them.
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 | Mr. Lincoln's Forts: A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington by Benjamin Franklin Cooling
Buy used from: $64.00 Would you believe DC was one of the most fortified cities in the world during the war? Take a look at this well researched guidebook and see some of the sites for yourself next time you're in the area
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 | Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson
Buy new: $17.79 / Used from: $2.00 The chase for the most reviled man in 19th century America.
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