![]() ![]() I hadn’t completely understood that US forces were poised on the border of Kentucky, which had (ridiculously it seems now) attempted to remain neutral between the warring factions, way too much land right there in the middle, but they gave it a go, and said that the first army to cross into Kentucky was the enemy, so Lincoln said to wait till the Confederacy crossed, and the rest is history. That said, I never really understood before that the Cumberland Gap is also the Wilderness Road (so, Daniel Boone meets the Civil War, sort of). Don’t read it if you are still separating Stanton from Seward or McClernand from McPherson. Nevertheless I give this work five stars, because I have done quite a bit of reading about this bottomless topic, and he taught me a great deal.īefore you set off to read it, though, whether by itself or as the second volume of a trilogy, look at the subject and the page count. ![]() ![]() ![]() “People” means white folk when he does the talking, and to be fair, in 1965, unless a writer was a person of color, this was the unfortunate tendency. His writing reflects the time period, as a strong historian with a nevertheless very Caucasian focus to his work. May be read singly or as the second in Catton’s trilogy.Ĭatton’s trilogy was written as a Centennial History for the 100th year of Union victory and the preserved integrity of the United States of America. Brilliant and highly recommended for those who want the details in their American Civil War account. ![]()
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