History repeats. The city of Washington, D.C., has come under hostile attack three times. The most recent was on Sept. 11, 2001. The earliest was when British troops burned the capital in 1814. Then there was the attack that is the subject of journalist and historian Marc Leepson’s new book, Desperate Engagement: How a Little-Known Civil War Battle Saved Washington, D.C., and Changed American History. On July 11, 1864, Confederate Gen. Jubal Early led a force of 15,000 men to the gates of a city in panic before letting better judgment take over and marching away.
Leepson’s uncluttered account of what was at the time called an invasion, yet is better considered a raid, is elegantly simple. He provides the background of events and characters and avoids getting bogged down in the details of battles.
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