The Army of the Potomac. Behind the Scenes. A Diary of Unwritten History; From the Organization of the Army, by General George B. McClellan, to the Close of the Campaign in Virginia, About the First Day of January, 1863.

CASTLEMAN, Alfred L.

$200.00

Item Number: 132705

Milwaukee: Published by Strickland & Co., 1863.

First edition of the Civil War memoir of Alfred L. Castleman, Surgeon of the Fifth Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers. Octavo, original cloth. In very good condition. A nice example.

The Army of the Potomac was the principal Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. It was created in July 1861 shortly after the First Battle of Bull Run and was disbanded in June 1865 following the surrender of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in April. The army's major battles and campaigns included the Fredericksburg Campaign, the Chancellorsville Campaign, the Gettysburg Campaign, and Appomattox including Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House.