This workmanlike biography of Gouverneur Warren describes a competant man largely undone by personal friction with the Union military high command, leading to his being relieved on the verge of Union triumph at Appomatox. To me the real question is why Warren was seen as being worthy of corps command, as he seems to have lacked the sufficiently bloody-minded attitude for the role; a situation no doubt exacerbated by a lack of belief in the increasingly radical politics of the war and a personality that always did have a strong self-righteous streak. To put it another way, while Warren probably deserved better treatment he is not the first officer nor the last to be undone by his inability to get along with his peers and superiors. ( )