The Coming Fury / Terrible Swift Sword / Never Call Retreat

by Bruce Catton

Series: Centennial History of the Civil War (1-3)

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Centennial History of the Civil War (3.5|1-3)

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The Coming Fury / Terrible Swift Sword / Never Call Retreat

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Bruce Catton's Civil War {3-volume boxed set}

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This boxed set, Bruce Catton's Civil War, includes three Bruce Catton titles: The Coming Fury (1961), Terrible Swift Sword (1963), and Never Call Retreat (1965). Together, these constitute Catton's second Civil War trilogy, "Centennial History of the Civil War."

The 3-volume, boxed set should be distinguished from the single-volume edition of the same title, which reprints Catton's first Civil War trilogy, "The Army of the Potomac."

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The Centennial History of the Civil War is Catton's second trilogy on the Civil War. The 3-volume set includes The Coming Fury, Terrible Swift Sword, and Never Call Retreat.

This trilogy has also been republished as a boxed set under the title Bruce Catton's Civil War. Catton's first Civil War trilogy, Army of the Potomac has been republished as a single volume, also titled Bruce Catton's Civil War.

This boxed set includes the titles The Coming Fury, Terrible Swift Sword, and Never Call Retreat. These were originally published individually in 1961, 1963, and 1965 respectively, as the Centennial History of the Civil War trilogy.

This 3-volume set should not be combined with the single volume of the same title, which is actually a reprint of Catton's other Civil War trilogy, Army of the Potomac.

Bruce Catton's Civil War is a single volume reprint of Catton's first Civil War trilogy, Army of the Potomac, which includes the titles Mr. Lincoln's Army, Glory Road, and A Stillness at Appomattox.

This single volume should not be combined with the 3-volume boxed set of the same name, which is a reprint of Catton's other Civil War Trilogy, Centennial History of the Civil War, and includes the following titles: The Coming Fury, Terrible Swift Sword, Never Call Retreat.

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