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The Army of the Potomac, Stillness at Appomattox
The Army of the Potomac Stillness at Appomattox Author:Bruce Catton This is the story of the last desperate, heartbreaking, cruel year of the Civil War. In the winter of 1864, the Army of the Potomac stood at the crossroads. The old army, fired with the spirit of men who had joined out of love of country and who had long since become disillusioned was gone. The new army, made up of mercenaries, bounty-jumpers... more », and a hard core of seasoned and embittered veterans, had lost sight of its original goal of radiant victory and had become a ruthless machine of war. Its leader was General Ulysses S. Grant, a seedy little man who instilled no enthusiasm in his followers and little respect in his enemies. About this book it has been said, "The best written and most interesting historical work about the Civil War I have ever read.... If more American history could be written with the vogor, clarity and warmth of this book, much more American history would be read. It reads like a thriller."« less