Lincoln's Lieutenants: The High Command of the Army of the Potomac

“A masterful synthesis...a narrative about amazing courage and astonishing gutlessness…It explains why Union movements worked and, more often, didn't work in clear-eyed explanatory prose that's vivid and direct.”—Chicago Tribune   “A monumental group biography…reminds us that the outcome of the war was not a foregone conclusion.”—The Wall Street Journal  
The high command of the Army of the Potomac was a changeable, often dysfunctional band of brothers, going thro…