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Author of more than a dozen books on Civil War history, Catton is renowned for his vivid and lyrical narratives. The Army of the Potomac Trilogy, Catton's most widely ready work, is recounts the bitter struggle between the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Virginia, and this first volume... read more
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People edit
- George McClellan: Add a description of this character.
- Abraham Lincoln
- Robert E. Lee
- Irvin McDowell
- Thomas J. Jackson
- Fitz-john Porter
- Gibbon
- Joe Hooker
- Sumner
- Richardson
- Harper
- Franklin
- Pinkerton
- John Pope
- Haupt
- Stanton
- Mansfield
- Joe Johnston
- Meade
- Burnside
- Stuart
- Reno
- D. H. Hill
- Sedgwick
- Hancock
- Davis
- Scott
- Hal
- Heintzelman
- Rodman
- Phil Kearny
- Doubleday
- A. P. Hill
- Hood
- Miller
- Crampton
- John Brown
- Frederick
- Haack
- Sykes
- Welles
- Noyes
- Ricketts
Setting & Locations edit
Civil War
- Antietam: Hard fought battle with thousands of casualties
- Washington
- New York
- Massachusetts
- Pennsylvania
- Richmond
- Virginia
- Maryland
- Wisconsin
- Sharpsburg
- Ohio
- Manassas
- Hagerstown
- Centreville
- Boonsboro
- Indiana
- South Mountain
- Alexandria
- East Wood
- Michigan
- Maine
- West Wood
- Baltimore
- Harrisburg
- Minnesota
- Warrenton
- White House
- New Jersey
- Mississippi
- West Pointer
- Shenandoah Valley
- New England
- United States
- Malvern Hill
- Republic
- Fremont
- South Carolina
- Williamsburg
- Chickahominy
- Union
- Rhode Island
- Connecticut
- Philadelphia
- North Carolina
- America
First Sentence edit
The rowboat slid out on the Potomac in the hazy light of a hot August morning,dropped down past the line of black ships near the Alexandria wharves,and bumped to a stop with it's nose against the wooden side of a transport.
Table of Contents edit
One
Picture-Book War
1. There Was Talk Of Treason
2. We Were Never Again Eager
3. You Must Never Be frightened
4. Man on a Black Horse
Two
The Young General
1. A Great Work In My Hands
2. Aye, Deem Us Proud
3. I Do Not Intened to Be Sacrificed
Three
The Era Of Suspicion
1. But You Must Act
2. The Voice of Caution
3. Tomorrow Never Comes
4. Pilar of Smoke
Four
An Army on the March
1. Indian Summer
2. Cracker and Bullets
3. Generals on Trial
Five
Opportunity Knocks Three Times
1. At Daybreak in the Morning
2. Destroy the Rebel Army
3. Tenting Tonight
SIX
Never Call retreat
1. Toward the Dunker Church
2. The Heaviest Fire of the War
3.All the Landscape Was Red
4. The Romance of War Was Over
Bibliography
Notes
Index
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 3 in Army of the Potomac. (standard series)
Followed by Glory Road.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Bruce Catton (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 973.741
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › Civil War › Regimental Histories
- Books › History › Americas › United States › Civil War › Campaigns
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 19th Century › Antebellum
- Books › History › Military
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