In 1861, Washington, D.C. faces the impending threat of the Civil War, with the city torn apart by Southern sympathies and constant danger of attack. As President Lincoln navigates his untested presidency, he must transform the nation's capital into a symbol of American liberty and unity.
Lincoln's Washington at War
As the Civil War looms in 1861, Washington, D.C. prepares for chaos, its residents caught in the midst of a nation bitterly divided.