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

Bruce Catton Recalls the Emotional 1913 Reunion at Gettysburg, Fall 2024 | Vol. 69, No. 4

At Gettysburg 50 years after the battle, it was no longer blue and gray. In 1913, a kind of union prevailed.

The Ultimate Storm, October/November 1984 | Vol. 35, No. 6

The Great Lakes hurricane of 1913 was a destructive freak. As far as lakers were concerned, it was …

Is Something Gaining On Us?, October/November 1979 | Vol. 30, No. 6

The Civilization That Wasn’t, August/September 1978 | Vol. 29, No. 5

The Day The Civil War Ended, June/July 1978 | Vol. 29, No. 4

At the Gettysburg reunion fifty years after the battle, it was no longer blue and gray. Now it was all gray.

The Way I See It, June/July 1978 | Vol. 29, No. 4

TRUSTING OURSELVES

The Other Side Of The Coin, April/May 1978 | Vol. 29, No. 3

The Way I See It, February/March 1978 | Vol. 29, No. 2

THE LIVING DREAM

Of Human Rights… And Wrongs, October 1977 | Vol. 28, No. 6

Ethics & Armaments, August 1977 | Vol. 28, No. 5

THE WAY I SEE IT

The Way I See It, June 1977 | Vol. 28, No. 4

The Way I See It, April 1977 | Vol. 28, No. 3

The Inspired Leak, February 1977 | Vol. 28, No. 2

The Way I See It, February 1977 | Vol. 28, No. 2

The Beautiful Sound, December 1977 | Vol. 29, No. 1

THE WAY I SEE IT

The Way I See It, October 1976 | Vol. 27, No. 6

Remembering Samuel Eliot Morrison

The Revolution Continues, June 1976 | Vol. 27, No. 4

Michigan Timber, April 1976 | Vol. 27, No. 3

An excerpt from a new bicentennial history of his native state

The Way I See It, December 1976 | Vol. 28, No. 1

Reading, Writing, And History, December 1974 | Vol. 26, No. 1

Grant Writes Home, October 1973 | Vol. 24, No. 6

Last Of Four Installments A Michigan Boyhood, August 1972 | Vol. 23, No. 5

A FAMOUS HISTORIAN RECALLS THE COUNTRY WHERE HE GREW UP

A Michigan Boyhood, June 1972 | Vol. 23, No. 4

THIRD OF FOUR INSTALLMENTS A FAMOUS HISTORIAN RECALLS THE COUNTRY WHERE HE GREW UP

A Michigan Boyhood, April 1972 | Vol. 23, No. 3

SECOND OF FOUR INSTALLMENTS A FAMOUS HISTORIAN RECALLS THE COUNTRY WHERE HE GREW UP

A Michigan Boyhood, February 1972 | Vol. 23, No. 2

A FAMOUS HISTORIAN RECALLS THE COUNTRY WHERE HE GREW UP

In Memoriam: Allan Nevins, June 1971 | Vol. 22, No. 4

The longtime adviser to American Heritage wrote history not simply as a means of talking with other historians, but in order to talk to the general reader.

Asa Smith Leaves The War, February 1971 | Vol. 22, No. 2

AN AMERICAN HERITAGE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT Edited and with an introduction

The Frustrated Liberals, April 1969 | Vol. 20, No. 3

Learning To Work Together, April 1969 | Vol. 20, No. 3

The Miracle On Missionary Ridge, February 1969 | Vol. 20, No. 2

The Union stood in danger of losing an entire army at Chattanooga. Then U. S. Grant arrived, and directed the most dramatic battle of the Civil War

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