Bruce Cattton, Army of the Potomac Trilogy, 1962 Book Club Ed.,HC/DJ. VERY GOOD!

Description: Bruce Catton, The Army of the Potomac Trilogy: Mr. Lincoln’s War, Glory Road, and A Stillness at Appomattox. Doubleday Book Club Edition. 1962. Mr. Lincoln’s Army concerns the Army of the Potomac during the early years of the Civil War, at that time under the command of dashing George McClellan. McClellan became obsessed with the idea that he was divinely chosen to be an instrument of the Republic’s salvation, but he failed to understand either President Lincoln’s problems with the army or the fateful significance of the war itself, and he was removed from his command. The living story Catton tells is of the army itself, told through diaries, letters, and published reports of soldiers, who discovered that their picture-book war had a grim and deadly side. The book never forgets the most important thing about war: the men who fought it. A Stillness at Appomattox: In the winter of 1864, the Army of the Potomac stood at a crossroads. The old army, fired with the spirit of men who had joined out of love of country and had long since become disillusioned, was gone. The new army, made up of mercenaries, bounty jumpers, and a hard core of seasoned veterans, had lost sight of their original goal of radiant victory and had become a ruthless machine of war. Its leader was General Ulysses S. Grant, who instilled no enthusiasm into his men and little respect into his enemies.Opposing Grant and his Army of the Potomac was Robert E. Lee. The stage was set. Carefully indexed, with bibliography and author’s notes. Glory Road is American history at its finest. In the critical months between autumn of 1862 and the summer of 1863, the outcome of the Civil War was determined by the Army of the Potomac. Glory Road recounts that journey. After the bloody massacre at Fredericksburg, and aimless and muddy army marched up and down the banks of the Rappahannock River and after the catastrophe and confusion at Chancellorsville, this army took a firm stand on the hills to the west of the small Pennsylvania town named Gettysburg, a battle which was to turn the tide of war against the Confederacy. The book tells of the exciting story of the Army of the Potomac and the soldiers in it, enlisted and volunteers, who fought like fiends during each engagement but swapped coffee and tobacco with the Rebels between skirmishes. Generals Burnsides, Hooker, and Meade all have their stories recounted in the book. Carefully Indexed, with bibliography, author’s notes, and maps.

Price: 75 USD

Location: Aberdeen, Mississippi

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