Pursuit to Appomattox: The Last Battles

The Civil War #25

by Jerry Korn

Covers the final months of the Civil War with a chapter on the 1865 Carolinas Campaign and several chapters about the Appomattox Campaign. Describes the final surrender of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, with the surrender of other Confederate forces soon afterwards. Illustrated with maps and period photographs, paintings, engravings, and sketches.

Genres: History, Civil War, American Civil War, Military History, Historical, Nonfiction

176 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

Reviews

[Sean Chick · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have been returning to this series. As usual, the images are superb, and the narrative reads well and is solid. It can be blamed for perhaps being a bit "romantic" about the Civil War's conclusion, but there is only so much text that can fit into these volumes.

[Henry Kline · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great details and great pictures along with lots that i did not know!

[Jimmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mostly concentrates on the Appomattox Campaign, with one chapter on the Carolinas Campaign and only a few pages about the surrenders following Appomattox. Like the other books in the Time Life series, it doesn't analyze the tactics or strategy; the book mostly just tells the story of the last few weeks of the war.