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It's not a battle book (though it has one of the best descriptions of Jubal Early's 1864 "siege" of Washington that I have encountered). Leech keeps her focus on Washington, its residents (the famous, the infamous, everyday people), and the impact of the war on their lives. I was at first amazed at the level of color and description she provided, and wondered, while she composed the book, if Leech had read the day-to-day society pages of the various Washington newspapers. How else to account for
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