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Title: Good Stuff
Review: I picked up a dusty old copy of this book from my local library thinking it would show its age and wouldn't be nearly as well written as a more recent one such as Battle Cry of Freedom. However, Catton's writing is very eloquent and engaging even after almost 50 years. He is poetic at times. Criticism? There's always room for a little bit...this is definitely a Union view of the war. Catton relates the Union generals' strategies, but we never learn of Lee's thoughts and strategies in as great of depth. I think this book is better than Battle Cry of Freedom, but it doesn't go into the Southern perspetive nearly as much as Freedom does.
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