Glory Road

Volume II of The Army of the PotomacThe critical months between the autumn of 1862 and midsummer 1863 is the focus of Glory Road During this time the outcome of the Civil War is determined, as the battles at Fredericksburg, Rappahannock and Chancellorsville set the state for Union victory as Gettysburg. Best Read [ Glory Road ] By [ Bruce Catton ] – kino-fada.fr The second part to Catton s outstanding trilogy, covering the period from the autumn of 1862 to the battle of Gettysburg in July of 63.To give an idea of the Catton s moving style, I will simply offer an extended quote This is from chapter 3, White Road in the Moonlight , at the very end of the chapter, describing Colonel Strong Vincent leading a brigade of the V Corps up into Pennsylvania to reinforce Buford at Gettysburg This was on June 30, the night before the full moon of July 1 There The second part to Catton s outstanding trilogy, coverin...This Wendell Phillips, the gadfly of abolition, was on the rostrum that spring of 1863 crying out that the power which dwelt in Emancipation must be used as a telling weapon He saw the war between North and South as something infinitely portentous, not confined to one continent Wherever caste lives, wherever class power exists, whether it be on the Thames or on the Seine, whether on the Ganges or on the Danube, there the South has an ally Never until we welcome the Negro, the foreigner, al This Wendell Phillips, the gadfly of abolition, was on the rostrum that spring of 1863 crying out that the power which dwelt in Emancipation must be used as a telling weapon He saw the war between North and South as something infinitely portentous, not confined to one continent Wherever caste lives, wherever class power exists, whether it be on the Thames or on the Seine, whether on the Ganges or on the Danube, there the South has an ally Never until we welcome the Negro, the foreigner, all races as equals, and melted together in a common nationality, hurl them against all despotism, will the North deserve triumph or earn it at the hands of a just God Glory Road, p 220 Made me think of this But had the United States and its ability to project its power worldwide been critically weakened in the 18...Bruce Catton was known as a popular historian when he first published books about the American Civil War, because of his narrative nonfiction format All of the books being released digitally now are ones previously published in a non digital age This reviewer hunted down Catton s three volume Centennial History of the Civil War at a used bookstore some time back, and although they were among the best I have ever read by anyone on this topic, I was convinced that anything he had published earli Bruce Catton was known as a popular historian when he first published books about the American Civil War, because of his narrative nonfiction format All of the books being released digitally now are ones previously published in a non digital age This reviewer hunted down Catton s three volume Centennial History of the Civil War at a used bookstore some time back, and although they were among the best I have ever read by anyone on this topic, I was convinced that anything he had published earlier on the subject was probably repackaged in this trilogy, and so I stopped reading Catton, thinking I was done Thank goodness Net Galley and Open Road Integrated Media posted the galley for this second volume of Catton s Army of the Potomac trilogy Now that I am disabused, I will have to find the first and third volumes also, because Catton is so eloquent that he can spin ordinarily dry sounding military history into as good a read as the most compelling fiction.Although his Civ...I was, to my great excitement, finally able to obtain this book on loan from another library for some reason it was really hard to find a copy , and I have to say, it did not disappoint Catton s writing is superb as ever The book is filled with interesting and funny anecdotes, but despite the human interest side notes Catton never loses sight of the main story, and Glory Road keeps moving at a consistent enjoyable pace Historically, this book extends from the disastrous battle at Fredericksb I was, to my great excitement, finally able to obtain this book on loan from another library for some reason it was really hard to find a copy , and I have to say, it did not disappoint Catton s writing is superb as ever The book is filled with interesting and funny anecdotes, but despite the human interest side notes Catton never loses sig...i mean it is Catton, so you can t lose Poetic writing that doesn t focus on the battle details That is for other books.Wonderful.Wonderful So many personal stories, discussions of motives and results, put together to make understanding deeper History as it should be done.Prose is fabulous One of the best final several paragraphs of any book I have read in a very long time.A beautiful narrative of an army going from the shame of defeat to the great triumph at Gettysburg.The second of three classic volumes The best Civil War history everBruce Catton And The Army Of The PotomacBruce Catton s Glory Road was published in 1952 as the second volume of a trilogy on the Army of the Potomac Unhappily, the book is now out of print, but it remains an outstanding, accessible study of the Civil War and of the Union s largest army Glory Road covers the period from the Battle of Fredericksburg in late 1862 through the Battle of Gettysburg in July, 1863 and concludes with President Lincoln s Gettysburg Address in November, 1863 The prim Bruce Catton And The Army Of The PotomacBruce Catton s Glory Road was published in 1952 as the second volume of a trilogy on the Army of the Potomac Unhappily, the book is now out of print, but it remains an outstanding, accessible study of the Civil War and of the Union s largest army Glory Road covers the period from the Battle of Fredericksburg in late 1862 through th...

• English
• 02 May 2017
Bruce Catton
• Paperback
• 389 pages
• 0385041675
• Bruce Catton
• Glory Road