1955 Mr. Lincolns Army 1st Ed HCDJ Hardcover McClellan Civil War Bruce Catton

Description: 1955 Mr. Lincolns Army 1st Ed HCDJ Hardcover McClellan Civil War Bruce Catton___________________________________ Mr. Lincoln's Armyby Bruce CattonPublished by Doubleday & Company, Inc. (1955) Condition:Excellent 1st Edition (2nd or 3rd printing*) Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket! The binding is tight and all 372 pages within are mostly bright white with some slight foxing, but there is NO writing, underlining, high-lighting, rips, tears, bends, or folds. The covers have some wear on the corners (shown). The dust jacket is in excellent condition with the exception of one small 1/16" tear on top backside, and it does have some foxing, as can be seen in my photos. This DJ is still in an ancient Mylar cover and appears to have been for a long time. The Mylar cover has some small tears, but these do not go through to the jacket. You will be happy with this one! Always handled carefully and packaged securely! Buy with confidence from a seller who takes the time to show you the details and not use just stock photos. Please check out all my pictures and email with any questions! Thanks for looking! *Note: 1st printings were in 1951 and the dust jacket had a price of $3.75, This first edition is dated 1955 with a dust jacket price of $4.00, so it is a 2nd or 3rd printing) About the Book:This is the first edition book in what turned out to be Bruce Catton’s Pulitzer Prize–winning Army of the Potomac Trilogy, Mr. Lincoln’s Army is a riveting history of the early years of the Civil War, when a fledgling Union Army took its stumbling first steps under the command of the controversial general George McClellan. Following the secession of the Southern states, a beleaguered President Abraham Lincoln entrusted the dashing, charismatic McClellan with the creation of the Union’s Army of the Potomac and the responsibility of leading it to a swift and decisive victory against Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Although a brilliant tactician who was beloved by his troops and embraced by the hero-hungry North, McClellan’s ego and ambition ultimately put him at loggerheads with his commander in chief—a man McClellan considered unworthy of the presidency. McClellan’s weaknesses were exposed during the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history, which ended in a stalemate even though the Confederate troops were greatly outnumbered. After Antietam, Lincoln ordered McClellan’s removal from command, and the Union entered the war’s next chapter having suffered thousands of casualties and with great uncertainty ahead. America’s premier chronicler of the nation’s brutal internecine conflict, Bruce Catton is renowned for his unparalleled ability to bring a detailed and vivid immediacy to Civil War battlefields and military strategy sessions. With tremendous depth and insight, he presents legendary commanders and common soldiers in all their complex and heartbreaking humanity. Some Book Reviews: A vivid account of the early battles, first in the Pulitzer Prize-winning trilogy: “One of America’s foremost Civil War authorities”--Kirkus Reviews Mike rated it & it was amazing!This book paints a magnificent word-picture of the combatants from just after the Second Bull Run until the end of the Battle at Sharpsburg (Confederate)/Antietam (Union). The story centers on the Army of the Potomac and its leadership, as well as the various parts of the army and the opposing Confederate forces. Great vignettes at all levels, from the lowly private to Lincoln and his generals. 5 Stars I always enjoy the little back and forth between the Rebs and the Yanks, the little jabs and jokes. Also Catton manages to generate some early sympathy for “Little Mac” as he is thrust into a job he will fail at. But George B. McClellan also had a knack for relating to his soldiers. The action as the Army of the Potomac moves toward Richmond:…the 5th New York went up to the front through a little cemetery where were buried Confederate soldiers who had died during the preceding winter. The little burying ground was full of graves, but over the gate someone had tacked a sign: “Come along, Yank, there’s room outside to bury you.” The firing at last died down and the Rebels drew off. It was only a rear-guard action, after all, and Joe Johnston had no intention of keeping his men there to make a finish fight of it. Then the Federals at the front heard a great cheering behind them, and they knew what caused it and joined in it lustily; and there, spattering across the damp fields, came General McClellan, blue coat all stained with mud, a glazed covering over his cap, his staff riding furiously in a vain effort to keep up with him. McClellan rode all along the lines, each regiment got a chance to cheer, and night came down on the army’s first battlefield. A different kind of civil war. Is there any other civil war that features this kind of interaction? Tom rated it & it was amazing!It's not until the concluding chapters of "Mr. Lincoln's Army", Bruce Catton's first entry into his "Army of the Potomac" series, that one realises the breadth of Catton's accomplishment in portraying the first two years in the life of the famous army. In the wake of the Battle of Antietam, his narrative comes dazzlingly full-circle. The men and boys who entered into the war imagining it would be almost a lark have been humbled, mismanaged and traumatized. The determination of Rebel and Unionist alike to win out has been brutally, irrevocably established. The debatable Union victory has given Lincoln the opening he needs to slot his Emancipation Proclamation into, thus changing the stakes of the war. And what was General George McClellan's army has become (for a time at least) President Lincoln's. Before the finale, Catton has charted the progress of the Army of the Potomac both as a fighting army and a wide cast of characters, chief among them the unfailingly conceited and fatally reserved George McClellan -- the closest thing the book has to a protagonist. We see them in battle and see them in camp. By the time the book has finished, Catton has portrayed them so vividly that even a newcomer to Civil War history will feel they know them. When Antietam rolls around, Catton has the reader so emotionally invested in the outcome that it scarcely feels like you're reading history. Yet the book still holds up as a classic history of the American Civil War in its Eastern Theater. Copyright © 2018-2022 TDM Inc. The photos and text in this listing are copyrighted. 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