But its true heroes are the rank and file, the men who triumphed despite years of death, hardship, and incompetent leadership. “These old gentlemen, drowsing out the greater part of their lives in the backwoods, had once been lifted beyond themselves by an experience which perhaps was all the more significant because it was imperfectly understood.” No writer has done more to convey the reality of that experience than Catton.Ī masterpiece of historical storytelling and a landmark of Civil War scholarship, The Army of the Potomac Trilogy offers incisive portraits of the Army’s generals. Bruce Catton (1899–1978) grew up in a small Michigan town, listening to Union veterans tell stories of the Civil War.
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