![]() ![]() ĭuring 1916, Catton began attending Oberlin College, but he quit without completing a degree because of World War I. I think I was always subconsciously driven by an attempt to restate that faith and to show where it was properly grounded, how it grew out of what a great many young men on both sides felt and believed and were brave enough to do. a color and a tone not merely to our village life, but to the concept of life with which we grew up. ![]() In his memoir, Waiting for the Morning Train (1972), Catton explained how their stories made a lasting impression upon him: As a boy, Catton first heard the reminiscences of the aged veterans who had fought in the Civil War. ![]() His father was a Congregationalist minister, who accepted a teaching position in Benzonia Academy and later became the academy's headmaster. (Patten) Catton, and raised in Benzonia, Michigan. Early life Ĭharles Bruce Catton was born in Petoskey, Michigan, to George R. He won a Pulitzer Prize during 1954 for A Stillness at Appomattox, his study of the final campaign of the war in Virginia. His books were researched well and included footnotes. Known as a narrative historian, Catton specialized in popular history, featuring interesting characters and historical vignettes, in addition to the basic facts, dates, and analyses. Charles Bruce Catton (Octo– August 28, 1978) was an American historian and journalist, known best for his books concerning the American Civil War. ![]()
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