A Stillness at Appomattox

The Army of the Potomac Trilogy (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

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Volume III of Bruce Catton's Army of the Potomac trilogy is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Focusing on 1864, the last year of the Civil War, Catton recounts the last battles up to the final moment at Appomattox.
Bruce Catton was born in Petoskey, Michigan, in 1899. A United States journalist and writer, Catton was one of America’s most popular Civil War historians. He worked as a newspaperman in Boston, Cleveland, and Washington, and also held a position at the US Department of Commerce in 1948. Catton’s bestselling book, A Stillness at Appomattox, earned him a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award in 1954. Before his death in 1978, Catton wrote a total of 10 books detailing the Civil War. View titles by Bruce Catton

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Volume III of Bruce Catton's Army of the Potomac trilogy is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Focusing on 1864, the last year of the Civil War, Catton recounts the last battles up to the final moment at Appomattox.

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Bruce Catton was born in Petoskey, Michigan, in 1899. A United States journalist and writer, Catton was one of America’s most popular Civil War historians. He worked as a newspaperman in Boston, Cleveland, and Washington, and also held a position at the US Department of Commerce in 1948. Catton’s bestselling book, A Stillness at Appomattox, earned him a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award in 1954. Before his death in 1978, Catton wrote a total of 10 books detailing the Civil War. View titles by Bruce Catton