# Freedom Rising: Washington in the Civil War

Historian and biographer Ernest B. Furgurson discussed his new book, which tells the story of how the Civil War transformed the nation's capital from a provincial city into one of America's most important cultural and social centers.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2004
- By: Library Of Congress. Center For The Book
- Genres: War, History
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687577/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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