Symbol, Sword, and Shield: Defending Washington During the Civil War

Abraham Lincoln Alexandria April Arlington army artillery attack Ballery Baltimore Barbelle Barbette Total Embrasure Barnard Battery Battery Rodgers battle Beauregard Bridge Brigadier Bull Run camp Campaign capital Capitol capture cavalry Centreville Civil Colonel command Confederate corps Creek Davis defense line Defenses of Washington drill early Early's enemy engineer Fairfax Federal field force Fort Foote Fort Slocum Fort Stevens Fort Ward fortifications forts garrison George Grant guard guns Halleck Harpers Ferry Heavy Artillery Heintzelman Journal History Hooker Ibid ington John Johnston July Lee's Lincoln Major Manassas March Maryland Massachusetts McClellan McDowell McDowell's military militia Mosby's mounted move National northern Virginia Occoquan officers Peninsula campaign Pennsylvania picket posts Potomac President raid railroad rebel Rebellion Regiment Report Richmond river road Scott Shenandoah Valley soldiers Stanton Stevens Tennallytown tion Total Embrasure Barbette Totten troops Union units veterans VI corps Volunteer Infantry Wash William York