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    Charles Bruce Catton (October 9, 1899 – August 28, 1978) was an American historian and journalist, known best for his books concerning the American Civil...
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    Eleanor Catton MNZM (born 1985) is a New Zealand novelist and screenwriter. Born in Canada, Catton moved to New Zealand as a child and grew up in Christchurch...
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  • 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...
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    Trans-Mississippi on May 26, 1865, brought the war to a definite conclusion."; Bruce Catton. The Centennial History of the Civil War. Vol. 3, Never Call Retreat...
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  • The Blue and the Gray (miniseries) (category Films scored by Bruce Broughton)
    companion to the series in 1982, based on a story by John Leekley and Bruce Catton and the teleplay by Ian McLellan Hunter. The title refers to the colors...
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  • James Parton, Oliver Jensen, Joseph J. Thorndike and founding editor Bruce Catton, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of the Civil War. They formed the...
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  • standard biographies, campaign studies, and recent books by Hudson Strode, Bruce Catton, James G. Randall, Clifford Dowdey, T. Harry Williams, Kenneth M. Stampp...
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  • Catton may refer to: Catton, Derbyshire Catton, East Riding of Yorkshire Catton Grove Chalk Pit, Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Norfolk...
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    Confederate forces during the three-day battle, according to Busey and Martin. Bruce Catton wrote, "The town of Gettysburg looked as if some universal moving day...
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    abduction, and were quite possibly inspired by it. Two such projects, by Bruce Catton of the Newspaper Enterprise Association and Fred Pasley of the Daily...
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    lines, as he wheeled around his opponent's flank. The Civil War scholar Bruce Catton writes: Forrest ... used his horsemen as a modern general would use motorized...
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    the ceremony. Awarded during 2020 State of the Union Address. Wetterau, Bruce (1996). The Presidential Medal of Freedom: Winners and Their Achievements...
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    impetuosity led to high losses among his troops as he moved up in rank. Bruce Catton wrote that "the decision to replace Johnston with Hood was probably the...
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    concerning alcohol, and he became a teetotaler. According to historian Bruce Catton, Rawlins' abstention was caused by his belief that if he took even one...
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    onward; thus, a rebellion had been initiated by individuals. Historian Bruce Catton described President Abraham Lincoln's April 15, 1861 proclamation, three...
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    and to mute the role of African Americans". Historian and journalist Bruce Catton argued that the myth or legend helped achieve national reconciliation...
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    Heights stands as his legacy. — Jeffry D. Wert, The Sword of Lincoln Bruce Catton summarized Burnside: ... Burnside had repeatedly demonstrated that it...
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    aspirations are there, our desires for humanity." American historian Bruce Catton noted the prophets, whose "religion was an affair of the workaday world...
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  • sculptor (b. 1907) 1976 – Anissa Jones, American actress (b. 1958) 1978 – Bruce Catton, American historian and journalist (b. 1899) 1978 – Robert Shaw, English...
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    the Dunbar, an automobile prototype. In an interview with historian Bruce Catton in 1928, Buick admitted that he was almost completely broke, unable to...
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    militarily exiled and disgraced. Army of the Potomac historian and author Bruce Catton termed this request by Hooker "a strange and seemingly uncharacteristic...
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    from above, presumably a sharpshooter in a tree or barn. Historians Bruce Catton and Glenn Tucker make firm assertions that a sharpshooter was responsible;...
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    Vietnam War, Grant's military reputation suffered again. In the 1960s Bruce Catton and T. Harry Williams began the reevaluation of Grant's military career...
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  • 1987) 1898 – Joe Sewell, American baseball player (d. 1990) 1899 – Bruce Catton, American historian and author (d. 1978) 1900 – Joseph Friedman, American...
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  • Good Feelings by George Dangerfield (1953) A Stillness at Appomattox by Bruce Catton (1954) Great River by Paul Horgan (1955) The Age of Reform by Richard...
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    it was closed. In his book Waiting for the Morning Train, historian Bruce Catton captured local history and documented his perspective of growing up in...
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  • most popular sweetheart 'separation' song in both the North and South." Bruce Catton wrote of the song, "it expressed the deep inner feeling of the boys who...
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    Academy to offer college preparatory courses until 1918. One of Grand Traverse's most eminent alumni was historian Bruce Catton. Text of Historical Marker...
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    Furgurson 2000, p. 525. Rhea 2002, p. 357. Cold Harbor National Park Service Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat (Doubleday, New York, 1965) pp. 363–364 Shelby Foote...
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  • battle-related deaths of any Union regiment. The 20th-century historian Bruce Catton said that the Fifth New Hampshire was "one of the best combat units in...
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