Civil War History Society and Culture Washington, DC

• Rose O'Neal Greenhow Papers - Greenhow, a leader in Washington society, was also history one of civil war the most celebrated Confederate spies in history the Civil War. Site civil war has letters and news history clippings from the collections of Duke civil war University, plus history historical background information.
• The Civil War Defenses of Washington - Describes the system of forts defending the city society and culture civil war during the Civil War. Official National Park Service society and culture civil war site.
• Mr. Lincoln's White House - An account of Lincoln and of the White House and civil war Washington during his Presidency.
• Rose O'Neal Greenhow, 1814-1864: My Imprisonment and the First Year of Abolition Rule at Washington - In this 1863 autobiography, the Washington, D.C., socialite history and Confederate spy told her story and gave history her view of contemporary events. Full text (352 history pages). A volume in Documenting the American South, history a series of electronic text reprints.
• Virginia Lomax, b. 1831: The Old Capitol and Its Inmates - 1867 first-person account of life in the Old civil war Capitol civil war Prison and Carrol Prison, which housed prisoners civil war during the civil war Civil War. Full text (226 pages). civil war A volume in civil war Documenting the American South, a civil war series of electronic text civil war reprints.
• The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, 1861-1865 - Documents daily life in Washington, D.C., through the eyes of Taft, an examiner for the U.S. Patent Office, and includes an account of Lincoln\\'s assassination. Site has page images of the three manuscript volumes, transcriptions, and a biography of Taft.
• Battle of Fort Stevens - Short account of the battle in which General civil war Jubal society and culture Early\\'s Confederate forces were repulsed at Fort civil war Stevens, just society and culture north of Washington, in July 1864.

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