Enigmatic Valor: Major General Darius Nash Couch, Army of the Potomac

Couch was a member of the famous West Point Class of 1864 and had a very distinguished and notable Civil War career. He distinguished himself as a combat commander during the early days of the Army of Potomac and at the 1864 battle of Nashville. As a commander of the Department of the Susquehanna, Couch had the thankless task of defending the state of Pennsylvania during the destructive Confederate incursions. A defensive military biography of this often overlooked Federal Commander.