Bruce Catton

Bruce Catton (1899 – 1978) was the Founding Editor of American Heritage and arguably the most prolific and popular of all Civil War historians. He wrote an astonishing 167 articles for American Heritage, and won a Pulitzer Prize for history in 1954 for A Stillness at Appomattox, his study of the final campaign of the war in Virginia.

Catton received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, from President Gerald Ford, in 1977, the year before his death.

Articles by this Author

Heritage Of The War, December 1963 | Vol. 15, No. 1

Black Pawn On A Field Of Peril, December 1963 | Vol. 15, No. 1

DRED SCOTT v. SANFORD

"So Ends The Great Rebel Army…”, October 1962 | Vol. 13, No. 6

To Union Colonel Charles S. Wainwright, Lincoln was a weak President, Grant an uninspired commander, Lee a slippery foe. His outspoken diary, never published before, memorably describes the Civil War’s final year

Reading, Writing, And History, October 1962 | Vol. 13, No. 6

A Haunted Half-world…, October 1962 | Vol. 13, No. 6

… And The Fight To Own It, October 1962 | Vol. 13, No. 6

Objective Viewpoint, August 1962 | Vol. 13, No. 5

Negro’s Viewpoint, August 1962 | Vol. 13, No. 5

Dream On, H. M. Small, August 1962 | Vol. 13, No. 5

Ocean To Ocean—by Automobile!, April 1962 | Vol. 13, No. 3

Cross-country touring was difficult, half a century ago, but if you could make it, you really had an adventure

The War That Changed The World, April 1962 | Vol. 13, No. 3

In the summer of 1914 the nations were at peace and the future seemed serene. Then the guns spoke, and things would never again be the same

Reading, Writing, And History, February 1962 | Vol. 13, No. 2

At The Edge Of Glory, February 1962 | Vol. 13, No. 2

Rock Of Chickamauga, February 1962 | Vol. 13, No. 2

The Other Hill, February 1962 | Vol. 13, No. 2

Lest We Forget…, August 1961 | Vol. 12, No. 5

Reading, Writing, And History, June 1961 | Vol. 12, No. 4

Moment Of Dawn, April 1961 | Vol. 12, No. 3

End Of The Road, April 1961 | Vol. 12, No. 3

A New Horizon?, April 1961 | Vol. 12, No. 3

On Choosing A Subject, April 1961 | Vol. 12, No. 3

On Finishing A Very Long Book, April 1961 | Vol. 12, No. 3

Reading, Writing, And History, April 1961 | Vol. 12, No. 3

The Sense Of Wonder, April 1961 | Vol. 12, No. 3

Reading, Writing, And History, February 1961 | Vol. 12, No. 2

Where The Buck Stops, February 1961 | Vol. 12, No. 2

Failure Of A President, February 1961 | Vol. 12, No. 2

The Meaning Of Victory, February 1961 | Vol. 12, No. 2

Reading, Writing, And History, December 1961 | Vol. 13, No. 1

Pioneers At Sea, December 1961 | Vol. 13, No. 1

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