The Civil War"Nothing in our time makes the Civil War as alive as the writings of Bruce Catton." --Baltimore Sun Infinitely readable and absorbing, Pulitzer Prize-winner Bruce Catton's The Civil War is one of the most widely read general histories of the war available in a single volume. Introduced by the critically acclaimed Civil War historian James M. McPherson, The Civil War vividly traces one of the most moving chapters in American history, from the early division between the North and the South to the final surrender of Confederate troops. Catton's account of battles is a must-read for anyone interested in the war that divided America, carefully weaving details about the political activities of the Union and Confederate armies and diplomatic efforts overseas. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A House Divided | 6 |
The Opening Guns | 22 |
The Clash of Amateur Armies | 36 |
Real Warfare Begins | 52 |
The Navies | 68 |
Confederate HighWater Mark | 84 |
A Search for Allies | 98 |
The Politics of War | 202 |
Total Warfare | 218 |
The Forlorn Hope | 232 |
Victory | 246 |
End and Beginning | 262 |
Sound of Distant Drums | 276 |
Chronology of the Civil War | 281 |
Index to the Chronology | 305 |
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1st Bull Run 2nd Bull Run Antietam Appomattox Army of Mississippi Army of Northern Army of Tennessee assault Atlanta Atlanta Campaign attack Battle Beauregard blockade Bragg Brig Burnside cavalry Chancellorsville Chattanooga Chickamauga Civil Cold Harbor command Confeder Confederacy Confederate army corps Creek Cumberland defeat defenses Federal armies fight flank force Forrest Fort Sumter fought Fredericksburg Frémont Georgia Gettysburg Grant Halleck Hood Hooker infantry Jackson James Jefferson Davis John Johnston July June Kentucky Lee's Library of Congress Lincoln Longstreet Manassas McClellan military Missouri Mountain move Nashville nation navy never North Northern Virginia Ohio Petersburg Potomac President raid railroad Rebel regiments retreat Richmond River Rosecrans secession Sept Sheridan Sherman Shiloh siege slavery slaves soldiers South Carolina Southern Spotsylvania Sumter surrender Tenn things Thomas U.S. Congress U.S. senator Union army Union capture USA Army Vicksburg Campaign victory Washington West Yankees