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MONTGOMERY C. MEIGS and the Building of the Nation's Capital HCDJ 1st Ed.

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Very Good
A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the book cover, with the dust jacket (if applicable) included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. Some identifying marks on the inside cover, but this is minimal. Very little wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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Features
1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
ISBN
9780821413968

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Ohio University Press
ISBN-10
0821413961
ISBN-13
9780821413968
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1835913

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
232 Pages
Publication Name
Montgomery C. Meigs and the Building of the Nation's Capital
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Subject
United States / South / South Atlantic (DC, De, Fl, Ga, Md, Nc, SC, VA, WV), Military / United States, Artists, Architects, Photographers, Civil / General, History / General
Type
Textbook
Author
William C. Dickinson
Subject Area
Travel, Art, Technology & Engineering, Architecture, Biography & Autobiography, History
Series
Perspective on Art and Architect Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
00-069557
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
690/.511/09753
Synopsis
At the age of thirty-six, in 1852, Lt. Montgomery Cunningham Meigs of the Army Corps of Engineers reported to Washington, D.C., for duty as a special assistant to the chief army engineer, Gen. Joseph G. Totten. It was a fateful assignment, both for the nation's capital and for the bright, ambitious, and politically connected West Point graduate., At the age of thirty-six, in 1852, Lt. Montgomery Cunningham Meigs of the Army Corps of Engineers reported to Washington, D.C., for duty as a special assistant to the chief army engineer, Gen. Joseph G. Totten. It was a fateful assignment, both for the nation's capital and for the bright, ambitious, and politically connected West Point graduate. Meigs's forty-year tenure in the nation's capital was by any account spectacularly successful. He surveyed, designed, and built the Washington water supply system, oversaw the extension of the U.S. Capitol and the erection of its massive iron dome, and designed and supervised construction of the Pension Building, now the home of the National Building Museum. The skills he exhibited in supervising engineering projects were carefully noted by political leaders, including president-elect Abraham Lincoln, who named Meigs quartermaster general of the Union Army, the most important position he held during his long and active military career. Meigs believed Washington, D.C., should be the reincarnation of Rome, the ancient capital of the Roman Empire. He endeavored to memorialize the story of the American nation in all the structures he built, expressing these ideas in murals, sculpture, and monumental design. Historians have long known Meigs for the organizational genius with which he fulfilled his duty as quartermaster general during the Civil War and for his unwavering loyalty to Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. This volume establishes his claim as one of the major nineteenth-century contributors to the built environment of the nation's capital.
LC Classification Number
TH140.M45M66 2001

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