A stillness at Appomattox, Bruce Catton
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- 1861-1865
- Military campaigns
- History
- Regimental histories
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
- United States, Army of the Potomac
- Appomattox Campaign, 1865
- United States
- Appomattox Campaign, 1865
- American Civil War, 1861-1865
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A stillness at Appomattox, Bruce Catton
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eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 382-429) and index
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Literary form
non fiction
Main title
A stillness at Appomattox
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bibliography
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21333484
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Bruce Catton
Summary
Undoubtedly Catton's most brilliant books, A Stillness at Appomattox won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for excellence in nonfiction. Caton recounts the most spectacular conflicts between Grant and Lee and details the end of hope for the Confederacy
Table of contents
1: Glory is out of date -- A boy named Martin -- Turkey at a shooting match -- From a mountain top -- 2: Roads leading south -- Where the dogwood blossomed -- Shadow in the night -- All their yesterdays -- Surpassing all former experiences -- 3: One more river to cross -- The cripples who could not run -- Judgment trump of the almighty -- Secondhand clothes -- Lie down, you damn fools -- 4: White iron on the anvil -- Changing the guard -- I know star-rise -- Like the noise of great thunders -- 5: Away, you rolling river -- Special train for Monocacy Junction -- To peel this land -- On the upgrade -- No more doubt -- 6: Endless road ahead -- Except by the sword -- Great light in the sky -- The soldiers saw daylight -- The enormous silence
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