How Long to Read Lincoln's Citadel: The Civil War in Washington, DC

How Long Does it Take to Read Lincoln's Citadel: The Civil War in Washington, DC?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 27 minutes to read Lincoln's Citadel: The Civil War in Washington, DC by Kenneth J. Winkle

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The stirring history of a president and a capital city on the front lines of war and freedom. In the late 1840s, Representative Abraham Lincoln resided at Mrs. Sprigg’s boardinghouse on Capitol Hill. Known as Abolition House, Mrs. Sprigg’s hosted lively dinner-table debates of antislavery politics by the congressional boarders. The unusually rapid turnover in the enslaved staff suggested that there were frequent escapes north to freedom from Abolition House, likely a cog in the underground railroad. These early years in Washington proved formative for Lincoln. In 1861, now in the White House, Lincoln could gaze out his office window and see the Confederate flag flying across the Potomac. Washington, DC, sat on the front lines of the Civil War. Vulnerable and insecure, the capital was rife with Confederate sympathizers. On the crossroads of slavery and freedom, the city was a refuge for thousands of contraband and fugitive slaves. The Lincoln administration took strict measures to tighten security and established camps to provide food, shelter, and medical care for contrabands. In 1863, a Freedman’s Village rose on the grounds of the Lee estate, where the Confederate flag once flew. The president and Mrs. Lincoln personally comforted the wounded troops who flooded wartime Washington. In 1862, Lincoln spent July 4 riding in a train of ambulances carrying casualties from the Peninsula Campaign to Washington hospitals. He saluted the “One-Legged Brigade” assembled outside the White House as “orators,” their wounds eloquent expressions of sacrifice and dedication. The administration built more than one hundred military hospitals to care for Union casualties. These are among the unforgettable scenes in Lincoln’s Citadel, a fresh, absorbing narrative history of Lincoln’s leadership in Civil War Washington. Here is the vivid story of how the Lincoln administration met the immense challenges the war posed to the city, transforming a vulnerable capital into a bastion for the Union.

How long is Lincoln's Citadel: The Civil War in Washington, DC?

Lincoln's Citadel: The Civil War in Washington, DC by Kenneth J. Winkle is 496 pages long, and a total of 126,976 words.

This makes it 167% the length of the average book. It also has 155% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Lincoln's Citadel: The Civil War in Washington, DC Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 33 minutes to read Lincoln's Citadel: The Civil War in Washington, DC aloud.

What Reading Level is Lincoln's Citadel: The Civil War in Washington, DC?

Lincoln's Citadel: The Civil War in Washington, DC is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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