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For two weeks in 1861, Washington, D.C., was locked in a state

of panic. Would the newly formed Confederate States of America

launch its first attack on the Union by capturing the nations

capital? Would Lincolns Union fall before it had a chance to fight?

Wedged between Virginia and Marylandtwo states bordering on

secessionWashington was isolated; its communications lines were

cut, its rail lines blocked. Newly recruited volunteers were too

few and were unable to enter the city. A recently inaugurated

Lincoln struggled to form a plandefense or attack? In this final

chapter of his trilogy on the Civil War, David Detzer pulls the

drama from this pivotal moment in American history straight from

the pages of diaries, letters, and newspapers. With an eye for

detail and an ear for the voices of average citizens, he

beautifully captures the tense, miasmic atmosphere of these first

chaotic days of war.

Preface

Introduction

Timeline

CHAPTER ONE

City of Magnificent Intentions

CHAPTER TWO

The Firebrand

CHAPTER THREE

Cliffhanger

CHAPTER FOUR

ten-HUT

CHAPTER FIVE

The Sixth Massachusetts

CHAPTER SIX

Mobtown

CHAPTER SEVEN

Patriotic Gore

David Detzer is professor emeritus of history with Connecticut

State University. He is the author of several books, including

Allegiance: Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning of the Civil

War; and The Brink: Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. He lives in

Connecticut with his wife and several dogs.

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"Fast-paced popular history. Detzer has written an engaging and

comprehensive account of the early days of the Civil War."

(Publishers Weekly )This fast-paced popular history of the

frantic days between the attack on Fort Sumter and the Battle of

Bull Run completes Detzer's "trilogy on the first hundred days of

the Civil War." The earlier titles—Allegiance and

Donnybrook—were critical and commercial successes, and the

latest volume should also score with critics and readers. Detzer,

professor emeritus of history at Connecticut State University,

combines yeoman research—in official histories of the war,

contemporary newspapers, journals, diaries and personal

correspondence—and gritty prose. In the early days of the conflict,

the nation's capital, geographically wedged between two states

(Virginia and Maryland) considering secession, was ground zero for

the aspirations and fears of a divided nation. If Washington had

fallen to the Confederates in those turbulent days of "incredible

noise"—hence the title—Detzer suggests that the war would have been

lost. At the center of the cauldron, President Lincoln struggled to

get his bearings: cautious, anxious and uncertain in the beginning,

but gaining confidence with time. Despite a tendency to hype

potential dangers, Detzer has written an engaging and comprehensive

account of the early days of the Civil War that should have wide

appeal. (May (Publishers Weekly )This concluding

volume in a trilogy examines the opening weeks of the Civil War.

With the bombardment and subsequent surrender of Fort Sumter, the

illusion that the crisis engendered by secession could be solved by

"reasonable" compromise was shattered. But what now? For Jefferson

Davis, the wisest course seemed to be assuming a defensive posture

while converting Southern state militias into a Confederate army.

Lincoln was determined to resist secession, but his tools and

options were limited. The army was small and concentrated west of

the Mississippi. Four more states quickly seceded, and the

allegiance of the border states hung in the balance. Washington,

D.C., pinned between seceded Virginia and a hostile Maryland, was

in danger of isolation. Detzer effectively utilizes diaries,

letters, and newspaper articles to convey a sense of extreme

tension as men and women, both prominent and obscure, strove to

plan, cope, and even survive as a rapidly evolving situation seemed

to present new challenges on a daily basis. This is an engrossing

account of turbulent days. Jay Freeman--(Booklist - Jay

Freeman )

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For two weeks in 1861, Washington, D.C., was locked in a state of panic. Would the newly formed Confederate States of America launch its first attack on the Union by capturing the nations capital? Would Lincolns Union fall before it had a chance to fight? Wedged between Virginia and Marylandtwo states bordering on secessionWashington was isolated; its communications lines were cut, its rail lines blocked. Newly recruited volunteers were too few and were unable to enter the city. A recently inaugurated Lincoln struggled to form a plandefense or attack? In this final chapter of his trilogy on the Civil War, David Detzer pulls the drama from this pivotal moment in American history straight from the pages of diaries, letters, and newspapers. With an eye for detail and an ear for the voices of average citizens, he beautifully captures the tense, miasmic atmosphere of these first chaotic days of war.