Army of the Potomac Series by Bruce Catton

Personal accounts from foot soldiers tell what the Union Army was like under McClellan, a general who thought he was divinely chosen

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.

When first published in 1953, Bruce Catton, our foremost Civil War historian was awarded both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for excellence in nonfiction.  This final volume of The Army of the Potomac trilogy relates the final year of the Civil War.From the Trade Paperback edition.