Desperate Engagement: How a Little-Known Civil War Battle Saved Washington, D.C., and Changed American History

The author of Flag: An American Biography draws on eyewitness accounts, official records, newspaper articles, diary entries, and other primary sources to offer a detailed account of the Battle of Moncacy, a little-known military engagement fought on July 9, 1864, just fifty miles west of Washington, D.C., that played a key role in the ultimate outcome of the Civil War. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.