Catton’s brilliance as a historian lay in his ability to bring to historical narrative the immediacy of reportage. His other works includedThe War Lords of Washington(1948),U.S. Grant and the American Military Tradition(1954), and the much-lauded trilogyCentennial History of the Civil War:The...
Bruce Catton, American journalist and historian noted for his books on the American Civil War, including a trilogy on the Army of the Potomac (1952–54) and the three-volume Centennial History of the Civil War (1961–65). His book A Stillness at Appomatt