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The Civil War Defenses of Washington
Describes the system of forts defending the city during the Civil War. Official National Park Service site.
http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/civilwar/index.htm

Rose O Neal Greenhow, 1814-1864: My Imprisonment and the First Year of Abolition Rule at Washington
In this 1863 autobiography, the Washington, D.C., socialite and Confederate spy told her story and gave her view of contemporary events. Full text (352 pages). A volume in Documenting the American South, a series of electronic text reprints.
http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/greenhow/menu.html

Virginia Lomax, b. 1831: The Old Capitol and Its Inmates
1867 first-person account of life in the Old Capitol Prison and Carrol Prison, which housed prisoners during the Civil War. Full text (226 pages). A volume in Documenting the American South, a series of electronic text reprints.
http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/lomax/menu.html

Battle of Fort Stevens
Short account of the battle in which General Jubal Early s Confederate forces were repulsed at Fort Stevens, just north of Washington, in July 1864.
http://www.americancivilwar.com/statepic/dc/dc001.html

Mr. Lincoln s White House
An account of Abraham Lincoln, the White House as it was during his Presidency, and Washington in Lincoln s time.
http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/

The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, 1861-1865
Documents daily life in Washington, D.C., through the eyes of Taft, an examiner for the U.S. Patent Office, and includes an account of Lincoln s assassination. Site has page images of the three manuscript volumes, transcriptions, and a biography of Taft. Part of the Library of Congress American Memory site.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/tafthtml/tafthome.html

Rose O Neal Greenhow Papers
Greenhow, a leader in Washington society, was also one of the most celebrated Confederate spies in the Civil War. Site has letters and news clippings from the collections of Duke University, plus historical background information.
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/greenhow/