Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac by William Swinton, Revised Edition, 1882

Swinton, William. Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac. A Critical History of the Operations in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania from the Commencement to the Close of the War, 1861- 1865. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1882. Revised and Reissued Edition. In Red cloth boards with embossed titles to front and spine. Illustrated with engravings and maps.  Presented is a revised and reissued printing of Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac by William Swinton. The book was published in New York by Charles Scribner’s Sons, in 1882. It is presented in the publisher’s red cloth boards, with black and gilt embossed titles to the front and spine.  Swinton first published Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac in 1866, immediately following the end of the Civil War. The book offers a comprehensive history of the Army of the Potomac's creation, battles, and leaders during the course of the war, and provided a snapshot of how the victorious North viewed its main army. As a reporter for the New