The Army Of the Potomac : GLORY ROAD - 1952 Vintage Hardcover Book - Etsy Best Price! Compelling Civil War History Book!
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The Army Of the Potomac : GLORY ROAD - Vintage Hardcover Book - Etsy Best Price!
Compelling Civil War History Book!LIKE NEW condition vintage 1952 hardcover book; in stunning condition for a 60+ year old book! Fantastic gift for students of History! Etsy best price! 100% happiness guaranteed. DJ has minor wear to be expected with antiquarian books; spine and binding are nearly pristine! We ship fast and safe worldwide everyday. See publisher details below...Purchases of $35 and above qualify for FREE shipping! Buy more from our store and save $$$....SynopsisIn those critical months between the autumn of 1862 and midsummer of the following year, the eventual outcome of the Civil War was determined by the Army of the Potomac. After a bloody massacre at Fredericksburg, an aimless and muddy march up and down the banks of the Rappahannock, and a catastrophe of confusion at Chancellorsville, this army took a firm stand on the hills to the west of a small Pennsylvania town called Gettysburg and finally turned the fortunes of war against the Confederacy.Here is the exciting story of this Army of the Potomac, of the people in it, and of the nation it defended. Of enlistees, volunteers and bounty men alike, who fought like fiends during each engagement but swapped coffee and tobacco with the Rebels between skirmishes. And of three generals in command during this crucial period: Burnside, "who meant so well and did so badly"; Hooker, a soldier's soldier who improved rations but was surprised into a disastrous defeat; and Meade, who took over only three days before the decisive battle of Gettysburg.Full of human details which bring history to vivid life, this panorama of an army and of a nation at war introduces such unheralded notables as the New York businessman turned soldier who invented "Taps"; Vallandingham, copperhead candidate for governor of Ohio, who was one of President Lincoln's "hottest potatoes"; the army laundress, Annie Etheridge, who brought hot coffee and hardtack to men on the firing line; John C. Robinson, "the hairiest officer in a much bearded army"; and Private Patrick Maloney, who boldly seized and captured a Confederate general.Bruce Catton has written history in its most exciting form, a veritable cinematic account of one desperate phase in one desperate war, the bloody, muddy, tortuous route that the Army of the Potomac plodded to victory.Hardcover: 395 pages Publisher: DOUBLEDAY&COMPANY; Book Club (BCE/BOMC) edition (1952) Language: English ASIN: B001408HR8 Package Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 x 1.5 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Compelling Civil War History Book!LIKE NEW condition vintage 1952 hardcover book; in stunning condition for a 60+ year old book! Fantastic gift for students of History! Etsy best price! 100% happiness guaranteed. DJ has minor wear to be expected with antiquarian books; spine and binding are nearly pristine! We ship fast and safe worldwide everyday. See publisher details below...Purchases of $35 and above qualify for FREE shipping! Buy more from our store and save $$$....SynopsisIn those critical months between the autumn of 1862 and midsummer of the following year, the eventual outcome of the Civil War was determined by the Army of the Potomac. After a bloody massacre at Fredericksburg, an aimless and muddy march up and down the banks of the Rappahannock, and a catastrophe of confusion at Chancellorsville, this army took a firm stand on the hills to the west of a small Pennsylvania town called Gettysburg and finally turned the fortunes of war against the Confederacy.Here is the exciting story of this Army of the Potomac, of the people in it, and of the nation it defended. Of enlistees, volunteers and bounty men alike, who fought like fiends during each engagement but swapped coffee and tobacco with the Rebels between skirmishes. And of three generals in command during this crucial period: Burnside, "who meant so well and did so badly"; Hooker, a soldier's soldier who improved rations but was surprised into a disastrous defeat; and Meade, who took over only three days before the decisive battle of Gettysburg.Full of human details which bring history to vivid life, this panorama of an army and of a nation at war introduces such unheralded notables as the New York businessman turned soldier who invented "Taps"; Vallandingham, copperhead candidate for governor of Ohio, who was one of President Lincoln's "hottest potatoes"; the army laundress, Annie Etheridge, who brought hot coffee and hardtack to men on the firing line; John C. Robinson, "the hairiest officer in a much bearded army"; and Private Patrick Maloney, who boldly seized and captured a Confederate general.Bruce Catton has written history in its most exciting form, a veritable cinematic account of one desperate phase in one desperate war, the bloody, muddy, tortuous route that the Army of the Potomac plodded to victory.Hardcover: 395 pages Publisher: DOUBLEDAY&COMPANY; Book Club (BCE/BOMC) edition (1952) Language: English ASIN: B001408HR8 Package Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 x 1.5 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
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