Volume 1: "The coming fury" describes the people and politics, social and economic forces which came together to drive the nation apart, from a political convention in Charleston in 1860 through the first, stunning impact of the Battle of Bull Run. Volume 2: "Terrible swift sword" traces the personalities and actions leading to the Emancipation Proclamation and the removal of General McClellan from command of the North's principal army. Volume 3:...

Cat. # 99.0005 on first title page.

This history deals with the entire scope of the Civil War--from the months of unrest and hysteria that led to Fort Sumter through the Union victory.

This book covers such battles and campaigns as Belmont, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Chickasaw Bayou, Edwards Station, and Vicksburg.

This is the story of Lincoln's famous Army of the Potomac during the early years of the Civil War, when it was under the command of the dashing General George B. McClellan. Clearly a man of destiny, McClellan quickly became obsessed with the idea -- and the country and his troops shared his view, for a time -- that he was divinely chosen as the instrument of the Republic's salvation. But he failed to understand either the President's problems with...

A study tracing the causes of the Civil War through a comparison of the careers of the two men, Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, "who opposed each other as chief executives of a divided nation in 1861"--Introduction.

An analysis of the Civil War focuses on Generals McClellan, Burnside, Hooker, Meade, and Grant, and discusses the final defeat of General Robert E. Lee. "A 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. But its true heroes are the rank and file, the men who triumphed despite years of death, hardship, and incompetent leadership. While...

No indication of Miller or Ritz as source.