The Road to Appomattox, Robert Hendrickson
The Road to Appomattox, Robert Hendrickson
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The Road to Appomattox

Author: Robert Hendrickson

Narrator: Nelson Runger

Unabridged: 9 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/27/2009


Synopsis

Noted historian Robert Hendrickson has written more than 40 books and has earned critical acclaim for his meticulous historical research and highly readable style. In The Road to Appomattox, by weaving together passages from diaries, military reports, and newspapers, Hendrickson creates a vivid, firsthand account of the final year of the Civil War. Putting down their arms and flags, Lee's Confederate troops made a formal surrender at Appomattox on April 12, 1865. Leading up to that day, however, was a wide path of bloody battles that ultimately claimed the lives of one out of every 50 Americans. Bringing the Civil War to an end required extraordinary logic from Generals Grant, Sherman Sheridan, Lee, and others. Join Robert Hendrickson as he traces the military strategies and engagements that preceded that grey morning at Appomattox. As you walk beside both Northern and Southern fighting men and officers, their voices will ring in your ears.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dave

I agree with another review I read. This book was good but I didn't learn very much that I didn't already know. Lots of side bar stories and comments and comparisons that did and sometime did not make since. Although it was ok, I wouldn't recommend to the casual reader. You must start out wanting to......more

Goodreads review by Ben

I've been on a bit of a Civil War kick lately, particularly focusing on the Overland Campaign. I can't say I learned too much new information from this book, but I did find it interesting and well written.......more

Goodreads review by Bill

A pleasant primer on the Eastern Theater of the Civil War. It was well written, but offered little new information.......more

Goodreads review by Jim

2 1/2 stars wasn't an option. Full disclosure: I didn't seek this book out, it was my prize from Civil War Times for winning one of their photo identification contests. The author has a readable style, which engages the reader. But if you've read a lot of Civil War history you're not likely to learn m......more