The Civil War: A Narrative
Subtitle: Red River to Appomattox (Vol. III)
Publisher: Random House
Published: November 12, 1974
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1106
ISBN-13: 9780394465128
First sentence: LATE AFTERNOON OF A RAW, GUSTY DAY in early spring - March 8, a Tuesday, 1864 - the desk clerk at Willard's Hotel, two blocks down Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House, glanced up to find an officer accompanied by a boy of thirteen facing him across the polished oak of the registration counter and inquiring whether he could get a room.