'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title. Catton's brilliance as a historian lay in his ability to bring to historical narrative the immediacy of reportage. Never Call Retreat by Bruce Catton Write The First Customer Review Filter Results Shipping Eligible for Free Shipping Expedited Shipping Available The third and final volume of Bruce Cattons study of the American Civil War traces the war from Fredericksburg to Appomatox, the end of the Confederacy and the death of Lincoln. A commission to write a Centennial History of the Civil War evolved into Catton's celebrated trilogy on the Army of the Potomac. In 1954 he became a member of the staff of American Heritage magazine, and from 1959 he served as its senior editor.

He subsequently worked for the Newspaper Enterprise Service (1926-41) and for the U.S. The final volume of Bruce Catton's monumental Centennial History of the Civil War traces the war from Fredericksburg through the succeeding grim and relentless campaigns to the Courthouse at Appomattox and the death of Lincoln. While he was employed as a reporter for the Boston American, the Cleveland News, and the Cleveland Plain Dealer (1920-26), Catton continued his lifelong study of the Civil War period.

His education at Oberlin College, Ohio, was interrupted by two years of naval service in World War I and was subsequently abandoned for a career in journalism.

As a child living in a small town in Michigan, Catton was stimulated by the reminiscences of the Civil War that he heard from local veterans. Problem:It’s the wrong bookIt’s the wrong editionOther Details (if other): Cancel Thanks for telling us about the problem.