num_pages: 1680
description: Three Volume set includes: The Coming Fury, Terrible Swift Sword, &amp; Never Call Retreat. A journalist &amp; public official before becoming editor of American Heritage magazine, Bruce Catton won both the Pulitzer Prize &amp; the Nat'l Book Award for his Civil War history A Stillness at Appomattox. As for this monumental Civil War trilogy, 1st published in the 1960s, historian Henry Steel Commager appraised: "better than any other history of our Civil War it combines narrative vigor, literary grace, freshness of view &amp; independence of judgment, &amp; a kind of catholic spirit which embraces the whole vast tumultuous scene." The 1st volume opens with the Democratic Party's Charleston convention in 1860 &amp; the split that resulted in two Democratic candidates, followed by the Republican Convention &amp; Lincoln's victory. The country 1st drifted &amp; then was swept into war, even as Lincoln &amp; Jefferson Davis were declaring that a peaceful solution could be found. The 2nd volume shows how the Union &amp; Confederacy slowly reconciled themselves to an all-out war, &amp; how the statures of Lee, Grant, Sherman, Jefferson Davis &amp; many others emerged. McClellan's character is impaled here in extracts from his arrogant letters. In the final volume, Lincoln remains resolute in the belief that a house divided against itself cannot stand, while Jefferson Davis struggles valiantly for political &amp; economic stability. Catton traces the most bitter years of the war here, from the fighting at Fredericksburg to the surrender at Appomattox &amp; the end of the Confederacy, &amp; the assassination of Lincoln. Each book includes a section of color maps, &amp; the three volumes are contained in a blue &amp; red box.
language: English
title: Civil War, 3 Vols
titlecomplete: Civil War, 3 Vols
genres: 19th Century, Military History, History, Politics, American History, War, American Civil War, Nonfiction, Civil War, Military Fiction
ratings_count: 419
publisher: Phoenix Press