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Mr. Lincoln's Army Chapter Summary

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The book that I chose to write about for my book report is Mr. Lincoln’s Army by Bruce Catton. This book is the first book written in a trilogy called: The Army of the Potomac. This book highlights the beginning years of the Civil War especially when General McClellan was still in command.
Throughout the book he gives stories about Lincoln, McClellan, and soldiers who fought in the war. Instead of just giving details from one perspective he gives you details from many different people, which helps you to see the war in a way you never have before. In the very beginning of the book readers are introduced to Colonel Herman Haupt who is in charge of military railroads. It is also said that Lincoln raved about Haupt and the wonderful work that …show more content…

The chapter has sort of a dark feel to it. This change just happens to be Antietam. Antietam was a bloody battle that was fought in three parts one took place in a cornfield, one in the West Wood, and the last was “unco-ordinated” (Catton, page 305). The Army of Potomac lost its most men ever in one day at the Battle of Antietam. According to Catton, from the Battle of Antietam came the Emancipation Proclamation. They decided the McClellan should be reinstated after Antietam. But on November 7, someone came to tell him that he would no longer be in command. They had replaced McClellan with General Burnside who begged and said that he did not want to be in charge. On the last page it states that “they are no longer McClellan’s army, they were Lincoln’s army now” (Catton, page 321).
The author is trying to prove with his book that there was more behind the Civil War than we realized. I had never known that there was so much tension between President Lincoln and General McClellan. The people in Washington really didn’t like anything that McClellan was doing. He helped to show that throughout his book, that was one of the main topics that he

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