Bruce Catton

Narrative and 836 illustrations cover the military and political aspects of the war.

This final volume of The Army of the Potomac trilogy relates the final year of the Civil War. When it was first published in 1953, the author was awarded both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for excellence in nonfiction.

The outcome of the Civil War was determined lby the Army of the Potomac. this is a story of the Army of the Potomac, of the people in it, and of the nation it defended.