unCommon Authors, an Author Video Series: MIDNIGHT ON THE POTOMAC by Scott Ellsworth

By Coll Rowe | July 10 2025 | College & University Reads

PRH Education/Common Reads presents:

unCommon Authors
unCommon Authors is a monthly video series highlighting exceptional and
unique authors talking about their books.

 

Focusing on the last, desperate months of the Civil War, when the outcome was far from certain, Midnight on the Potomac is a story of titanic battles, political upheaval, and the long-forgotten Confederate terror war against the citizens of the North. In an age of deep political division such as our own, Scott Ellsworth’s book is an eloquent and gripping testament to the courage, grit, and greatness of the American people.

 

The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America
9780593475614

From the author of The Ground Breaking, longlisted for the National Book Award, comes a riveting saga of the last year of the Civil War—and a revealing new account of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Hardcover