01435cam a2200217 4500 79374715 TxAuBib 20110716120000.0 100923s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010040078 9780199759897 cloth : alk. paper 0199759898 cloth : alk. paper TxAuBib The siege of Washington : the untold story of the twelve days that shook the Union / John Lockwood and Charles Lockwood. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. xiv, 298 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. "On to Washington!" -- Monday, April 15: "The capital can't be taken" -- Tuesday, April 16: "The uprising of the north" -- Wednesday, April 17: "Independence or death" -- Thursday, April 18: "Between many fires" -- Friday, April 19: "Minute men of '61" -- Saturday, April 20: "Lincoln is in a trap" -- Sunday, April 21: "A real stage of seige" -- Monday, April 22: "Enveloped by the traitors" -- Tuesday, April 23: "Fight, sir, fight!" -- Wednesday, April 24: "The destiny of the capital... suspended by hair" -- Thursday, April 25: "The seventh have come!" -- "Jeff Davis shan't get it without trouble". 20110716. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865.