Description
Book SynopsisSets out to examine the nation's capital during the Civil War along with the digital platform that reimagines it during those turbulent years. The book provides insights into the complex and ever-shifting nature of ongoing digital projects, while encouraging others to develop their own interpretations and participate in the larger endeavor of digital history.
Trade Review“Archivally rich and impressively executed. For the growing number of people intrigued by the District of Columbia as the site of a social revolution during the 1860s,
Civil War Washington is a particularly engrossing venture.”—Stephen Berry, co-director of the Center for Virtual History at the University of Georgia and author of
House of Abraham: Lincoln and the Todds, A Family Divided by War Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgments1. Civil War Washington: The City and the SiteSusan C. Lawrence, Elizabeth Lorang, Brett Barney, and Kenneth M. Price2. Developing Civil War WashingtonKatherine L. Walter, Elizabeth Lorang, Stacy Rickel, and Karin Dalziel3. Historical Geography, GIS, and Civil War WashingtonRob Shepard4. Emancipation in the District of ColumbiaKenneth J. Winkle5. Mining the Compensated Emancipation PetitionsKenneth J. Winkle6. Military Hospitals in the Department of Washington Susan C. Lawrence7. Reading Civil War Medical CasesSusan C. Lawrence8. Poetry, Washington DC’s Hospital Newspapers, and the Civil WarElizabeth Lorang9. Walt Whitman in Civil War WashingtonKenneth M. PriceContributorsIndex
