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The Army Of The Potomac: A Stillness At Appoxmattox
The Army Of The Potomac A Stillness At Appoxmattox Author:Bruce Catton This is story of the las deserate, heartbreaking, cruel 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 n ew army, made up of mercenaries, bounty-jumper, and a ha... more »rd core of seasoned and embittered veterans, had lost sight of its original goal of radiant victory and had become a ruthless machine of war under General Ulysses S. Grant.« less