The Civil WarBy: Bruce Catton "Nothing in our time makes the Civil War as alive as the writings of Bruce Catton." Baltimore Sun Infinitely readable and absorbing, Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Cattons The Civil War is one of the most widely read general histories of the war available in a single volume. Introduced by the critically acclaimed Civil War historian James M. McPherson, The Civil War vividly traces one of the most moving chapters in American history, from