A Stillness at Appomattox has ratings and reviews. Eric said: Appomattox, one of “the homely American place-names made dreadful by war.” Appoma. Recounting the final year of the Civil War, this classic volume by Bruce Catton won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for excellence. Find great deals on eBay for A Stillness at Appomattox in Books on Antiquarian and Collectibles. Shop with confidence.

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Its soldierly participants had no idea their war would drag on for another year, and this evening of finery and dance and civility was an attempt to suspend time and sublimate, if just a little, the inevitability of the savage battles soon to come, for they had no way of knowing that General Grant was about to unleash a new kind of war rarely seen in the memories of history.
Adding to the fatigue resultant from the three previous years, tactics had not caught up with technological advances such as repeating carbine rifles, making battles long and bloody.

The Army of the Potomac repulsed the assault, and again began to pursue the Confederates. The basics of this new way of thinking rapidly spread through the ranks and became the foundation for a surge of wide-spread higher morale and tenacity among the soldiers.
It is the mark of someone who knows his subject — this war — inside and out; who knows it so well that telling it with absolute mastery, authority, and with more than a little poetry is second nature to him. It is vintage and in excellent condition. His love for it was passionate. Bruce Caton tells this story with a clarity and m From Destruction to Stillness In this story of the final period of the war, we have passages graced by such lyrical quality it approaches poetic mastery.
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Book is in good conditio During the long siege of Petersburg, a group of soldiers, who were professional coal miners, sold their commanding officer on the idea of digging a tunnel ‘ under the enemy lines, then exploding a massive charge, and charging on the lines at the same instant.
If you are interested in the US Civil War and haven’t read this work A Stillness at Appomattox by Bruce Catton And as a Virginian, I love the way Catton captures a familiar landscape, since I actually live only a few miles from the Chancellorsville and Spotsylvania battlefields. And there was a lot of that. Catton’s history is peppered with the writings of spectators and participants of the time in the work.
Trotting out superlatives for this is like someone who’s too late for the party arriving with appetizers. Art and Life in America by Oliver W.
Catton retraces the last year of the Civil War from Ulysses S. In particular, the bounty jumpers and other criminals demoralize the Union army and create problems for the officers. From there, Catton introduces leaders, battles, incidents, and issues that often seem so disparate that they shouldn’t fit so smoothly together into a flowing narrative, and yet they do without pause.
But, the Yankees were pressing on. The Impending Crisis, — by David M. Grant takes overall command of Union armies. I re-read this a few years back, and it’s simply one of the best history books I’ve ever read.
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The War Years by Xt Sandburg Pages have “yellowing” from age. It would be total war. The dust jacket is in acceptable condition.

There would be no quarter, no letup, no mercy, and scorched earth, and all to the last man if necessary. What can I say about Bruce Catton and this book?
I was describing the book to my girlfriend just last night over the phone she’s working out of town and xppomattox listened and was quiet for a few seconds and then asked if I was alright. My reaction now is the same as it was then Catton was known as a narrative historian who specialized in popular histories that emphasized the colorful characters and vignettes of history, in addition to the simple dates, facts, and analysis. Voyagers to the West: But that is a very minor complaint when held up against the vast sweep of the Civil War saga thoroughly and expertly covered in Catton’s account.
I was given this book over 20 years by an aging relative and had never gotten around to reading it. The Age of Jackson by Arthur M. Catton examines the endeavors of the Army of the Potomac, under the leadership of Lt.
Open Preview See a Problem? When first published inBruce Catton, our foremost Civil War historian was awarded both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Xt for excellence in nonfiction. Aug 26, Evan rated it it was amazing Shelves: The Army of the Potomac set is a much more entertaining less dry read in my opinion.
Told with stunning clarity and amazing narrative, Catton weaves the successes and failures of both armies through the dying If you are unfamiliar with Bruce Catton, he was arguably the most renowned and well-respected Civil War historian of the 20th century.
The Stilnless was the real storm center. Cover is is great shape! I’ve been to Civil War cemeteries where thousands of headstones radiate in all directions, endlessly, but even that does not make me feel the accumulated weight of death and struggle and pain like this book does. Lacking a clear cut thesis, A Stillness at Appomattox is an open z account of the Army of the Potomac in the last year of the Stiplness War.
Using personal letters of the troops, Catton constructs a surprisingly personal picture of the last year of the war. Catton loved his subject. Very nice looking overall.
Tell me again how it went. There was nothing but death, death in the wholesale, death in all its forms, death in hospitals, in the blazing thickets, in ridges, in dust, and in smoke.
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The book is in fair condition. Amazon with different titles than Army of the Potomac trilogy. Again, Catton emphasizes the change in nature of the Army of the Potomac, but he also emphasizes the important changes in the nature of the war itself.
