Terrible Swift Sword: The Centennial History of the Civil War Series, Volume 2 - Bruce Catton
Category: History
Tags: History, Misc. Non-fiction
The second episode in this award-winning trilogy impressively shows how the Union and Confederacy, slowly and inexorably, reconciled themselves to an all-out waran epic struggle for freedom., In Terrible Swift Sword, Bruce Catton tells the story of the Civil War as never beforeof two turning points which changed the scope and meaning of the war. First, he describes how the war slowly but steadily got out of control. This would not be the neat, short, limited war both sides had envisioned. And then the author reveals how the sweeping force of all-out conflict changed the wars purpose, in turning it into a war for human freedom., It was not initially a war against slavery. Instead, this was, Mr. Lincoln kept insisting, a fight to reunite the United States. At first, it was not even much of a fight. Cautious generals; inexperienced, incompetent, or jealous administrators; shortages of good people and supplies; excess of both gloom and optimism, kept each side from swinging into decisive a
