Wartime Washington
Subtitle: The Civil War Letters of Elizabeth Blair Lee
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: August 3, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9780252068591
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Biography: general; Essays, journals, letters & other prose works; c 1800 to c 1900; U.S. History - Civil War And Reconstruction (1860-1877); Biography & Autobiography; History - U.S.; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Social History; United States - Civil War; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); Historical - General
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.