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The Passing of Armies: An Account Of The Final Campaign Of The Army Of The Potomac
A member of the Fifth Corps recounts the dramatic final acts of the Civil War, describing Sheridan's rise, Warren's fall, and the slow, inexorable stalking of Lee's forces across the battle-scarred countryside.
ebook, 368 pages
Published
December 1st 2010
by Bantam
(first published June 1985)
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This review concerns the Kindle edition of Chamberlain's memoirs:
-- it is a fine example of the weakness of the Kindle to display maps, diagrams, images. A reader would be better served finding a print edition of this book.
-- there are only two images in the Kindle edition, one of Chamberlain as a young colonel and one in old age (he would live until 1914). There are no maps.
-- Chamberlain's description of two key battles preceding Appomattox, the battles of White Oak Road and Five Forks, are en...more
-- it is a fine example of the weakness of the Kindle to display maps, diagrams, images. A reader would be better served finding a print edition of this book.
-- there are only two images in the Kindle edition, one of Chamberlain as a young colonel and one in old age (he would live until 1914). There are no maps.
-- Chamberlain's description of two key battles preceding Appomattox, the battles of White Oak Road and Five Forks, are en...more
First let me say that I am not a Union girl; my shelves are lined with biographies of Lee, Jackson and Stuart, not Grant, Sheridan and Sherman. But Chamberlain is one of the few Yankees that I respect and enjoy reading about, and his account of the last battles of the war, the surrender and the great review is fascinating. He recounts his experiences as both "an officer and a gentleman," understanding both the tactics and the history. He mixes descriptions of brute force with inscriptions in Lat...more
this book is terrific. Chamberlain was a remarkable person. he was a hero at Gettysburg, if you do not know, tho this book covers a later time in the war. he's a percipient observer of the army and the people in it. I am reminded of William Sherman's memoirs, which are equally clear-eyed, albeit a touch drier than Chamberlain. the edition I got was Barnes & Noble's, actually, 10 bucks. highly recommended.
There's nothing better than reading the actual words of the people involved in history. Our home town hero Joshua Chamberlain was virtually lost to all but the most obsessive Civil War buffs until the popular movie "Gettysburg" immortalized his actions at Little Round Top.
This book sheds light on his more historic role of accepting the surrender of the Army of Virginia.
Great read!
This book sheds light on his more historic role of accepting the surrender of the Army of Virginia.
Great read!
It took me forever to read this because I kept misplacing it or starting other books but this was an amazing book. It is written by Joshua Chamberalin, the colonel who one the Medal of Honor for his actions at Gettysburg. This book recounts his experience in the final months of the war from March to June 1865. Chamberlain describes the important actions undertaken by him and men under his command. Among the books highlights is his emotional description of surrender of the Confederate army and hi...more
It was very informative and a good read if you are a Civil War buff.
This book is an eyewitness account by Major General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.
I am reminded of William Sherman's memoirs, which are equally clear-eyed, albeit a touch drier than Chamberlain.
Another classic Civil War memoir.
This book is an eyewitness account by Major General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.
I am reminded of William Sherman's memoirs, which are equally clear-eyed, albeit a touch drier than Chamberlain.
Another classic Civil War memoir.
Dec 18, 2008
Karyn
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5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Anyone who likes the Civil War
This book is an eyewitness account by Major General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. It is an account of the final campaign of the Army of the Potomac. It was very informative and a good read if you are a Civil War buff.
Though it felt like an account of how many soldiers fought and what occurred during certain battles, the prose was amazing. I loved the depictions of every scene and sight and battle from the eyes of Chamberlain, and the confrontations with Grant and Lee and all the other renown names of the Civil War are amazingly wonderful in detail. A nice addition to my American history collection.
Another classic Civil War memoir. More of an academic view of the war than many other autobiographies of the period.
This book was a very informational book about the accounts of the 20th Maine later in the Civil War
This is Chamberlain's own account of the last days of the Civil War, published in 1915.
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was a very complex man, and an eloquent writer.
A study in sociology and a well-written tome from one who was there.
It was interesting to read about the end of the American Civil War; the surrender of Lee's army, the final review, the disbanding of the army. Chamberlain was certainly an idealist, and his style might be hard for some modern readers to deal with, but I enjoyed the book.
Dec 20, 2007
Jake
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
history buffs
it was interesting to read a perspective of the final days of the civil war from someone so involved and educated as the likes of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. However, the read was tedious, and without prior knowledge of the War's history, rather difficult to follow.
Oct 09, 2007
Charles
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1 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
civil war veterans
If civil war accounts written by a mood-swinging general is what gets you excited on a Friday night this is most definitely your kind of book.
... not mine.
I admit to skimming the second half of the book. I don't think I missed much though.
... not mine.
I admit to skimming the second half of the book. I don't think I missed much though.
Chamberlain's recollections of his thoughts and feelings about the closing campaigns of the Civil War are quite interesting. His pride and admiration of V Corps is quite evident.
This book must be read if only for the chapters concerning the surrender at Appomattox and the final review of the Army of the Potomac through Washington DC.
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Rather wordy, but a great read if you're interested in the Civil War.
Gen Chamberlain is a remarkable man, and this is a remarkable book. If you only read one civil war memoir, this is the one. Statesman, poet, warrior, Gen Chamberlain brings a mystical, reflective quality to his most excellent history.
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Chamberlain was a college professor at Bowdoin College before the U.S. Civil War. When the faculty refused him permission for a leave of absense so that he could enlist he took a sabbatical and enlisted anyway.
He played a Key role in the Battle of Gettysburg as depicted in Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning historical novel about Gettysburg, The Killer Angels, and the movie based on that nov...more
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He played a Key role in the Battle of Gettysburg as depicted in Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning historical novel about Gettysburg, The Killer Angels, and the movie based on that nov...more
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