A Stillness at Appomattox

A Stillness at Appomattox is a masterful chronicle of the final year of the American Civil War, tracing the journey of the Army of the Potomac from the brutal Overland Campaign to General Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House. With his signature blend of vivid storytelling and meticulous historical detail, Catton captures both the grand movements of armies and the intimate realities of the soldiers who fought them. This Pulitzer Prize–winning volume—part of Catton’s famed Civil War trilogy—stands as one of the most moving and definitive accounts of the conflict’s closing chapter, portraying not just the collapse of the Confederacy, but the quiet heroism and weary resolve of a nation struggling toward peace.