Controversies and Commanders Dispatches from the Army of the Potomac

Sears, Stephen

ISBN 10: 0295867604 / ISBN 13: 9780295867601

Published by Houghton and Mifflin, Boston, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Controversies and Commanders Dispatches from the Army of the Potomac
• Publisher: Houghton and Mifflin, Boston
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0295867604
• ISBN 13: 9780295867601
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
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Synopsis

Controversies and Commanders of the Civil War might well be the most intriguing book ever published about the Civil War, for it focuses on the people and events that one of our best historians has found most fascinating, including: Professor Lowe's reconnaissance balloons; the court-martial of Fitz John Porter; the Lost Order at Antietam; press coverage of the war; the looting of Fredericksburg; the Mud March; the roles of volunteers, conscripts, bounty jumpers, and foreign soldiers; the notorious General Dan Sickles, who shot his wife's lover outside the White House, and the much maligned Generals McClellan (justifiably) and Hooker (not so justifiably). The book follows the Army of the Potomac throughout the war, from 1861 to 1865, painting a remarkable portrait of the key incidents and personalities that influenced the course of our nation's greatest cataclysm.

Review

"A master storyteller and leading Civil War historian." Kirkus Reviews