Reviews for Commanders of the Army of the Potomac

The average rating for Commanders of the Army of the Potomac based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2021-02-14 00:00:00 Andrew Mccormack An interesting subject that gets the Southern School treatment which says Grant wasn't a good general and only beat Lee because of superior man-power. He doesn't mind making semi-factual statements to support his anti-Grant and Sheridan agenda. For example he makes the snippy remark that Sheridan "was absent" from his command at Cedar Creek while in fact he was attending a meeting. It's those sort of statements that damage the author's credibility and make it work not worth reading.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-06-04 00:00:00 Isaac Peterson Great first hand account from the Army pov of the Apache and Sioux/Cheyenne wars. George Crook was a rare leader of honesty and character. Good material on early days in Tucson, AZ in there. The thing I picked up, after having a minor in Native American Studies and History of the American West, is that "scout" Indians turned on their own tribes and helped Crook and the Army. You won't find that fact in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, which portrays Indians as being in total solidarity to white advance. But then one always gets a more accurate view reading first hand sources like this one over interpretations like Bury My Heart . . . The coverage of the second Apache campaign against Geronimo is a little weak, as Bourke covers the surrender and the politics and not much more than that. But what rings through is Crook's character and integrity.