Wartime Washington
Subtitle: The Civil War Letters of Elizabeth Blair Lee
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: October 1, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9780252018022
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; U.S. History - Civil War And Reconstruction (1860-1877); History - U.S.; History: American; USA; United States - Civil War; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); Civil War, 1861-1865; Correspondence; History; Lee, Elizabeth Blair; Personal narratives; United States; Wives
First sentence: IN THE FINAL MONTHS OF 1860, as the nation teetered on the brink of civil war, Secretary of the Navy Isaac Toucey ordered Comdr.S. P. Lee to join the East India Squadron in the China Sea.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Dudley T. Cornish; title: Introduction.; title: Elizabeth Blair Lee; title: The letters; title: Editorial method; title: December 5, 1860-February 16, 1861; title: June 1, 1861-July 22, 1861; title: July 23, 1861-December 30, 1861; title: January 29, 1862-April 1, 1862; title: April 2, 1862-May 10, 1862; title: May 12, 1862-August 9, 1862; title: September 8, 1862-October 13, 1862; title: November 1, 1862-December 31, 1862; title: January 1, 1863-February 27, 1863; title: March 2, 1863-May 8, 1863; title: May 24, 1863-July 11,1863; title: July 16, 1863; title: September 10, 1863; title: September 29, 1863-December 26, 1863; title: January 7, 1864-February 16, 1864; title: February 23, 1864-April 15, 1864; title: April 20, 1864-June 1, 1864; title: June 6, 1864-July 31, 1864; title: August 1, 1864-October 5, 1864; title: November 4, 1864-December 31, 1864; title: January 1, 1865-February 21, 1865; title: March 4, 1865-April 25, 1865