Reveille in Washington,1860-1865

An authentic, robust & scholarly description of everyday life in Washington during the Civil War. Soldiers, the wounded, politicians, spies, whores & war-profiteers, a quiet, half-loyal Southern city suddenly turned into a turbulent metropolis. Winner of the 1942 Pulitzer Prize in History, it is an authentic, scholarly description of life in Washington during the Civil War, written in a highly readable style. In 2001 a Reader's Catalog Selection, "one of the 40,000+ best books in print."Leech, Margaret is the author of 'Reveille in Washington,1860-1865' with ISBN 9780881847321 and ISBN 0881847321.