I started "Grant Comes East" by Newt Gingrich.......sigh, dang, the book won again. It's an alternative history novel where Lee has won Gettysburg and is poised to take Washington DC and Grant is put in charge of all armed forces in 1863. Well written but it's purely a strategy book with some dialogue and pages long rich descriptions of battles and troop movements. I tossed it and tried "Sanvannah" by John Jakes, a heartwarming story of Sherman's victory and time spent in that city during Christmas of 1864, not what I thought but a decent read.