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A Stillness at Appomattox

Bruce Catton

A Stillness at Appomattox (1953) is a non-fiction history book written by Bruce Catton. It recounts the American Civil War's final year, describing the campaigns of Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia during 1864 to the end of the war in 1865. It is the final volume of Catton's Army of the Potomac trilogy, having been preceded by Mr. Lincoln's Army (1951) and Glory Road (1952).

HistoryAmerican History · medium confidenceAmerican History81 signalsLlm Classifier: American History -> American HistoryKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryKeyword Classifier: Travel & Place -> Travel & PlaceAmerican Civil WarSoldiers, Veterans & Combat ExperienceVietnam WarWar & Military Strategy

Award History

1 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Award for NonfictionMajor1954WinnerSecondary source
Pulitzer Prize in HistoryMajor1954FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Ulysses S. Grant78%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

    These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.

    • Virginia62%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    38 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 72%.