Audio: Ed Rutan (High-Bounty Men in the Army of the Potomac) on Civil War Talk Radio
Feb 20th, 2026
Edwin P. Rutan II, author of High-Bounty Men in the Army of the Potomac: Reclaiming Their Honor, speaks with Gerry Prokopowicz, host of Civil War Talk Radio.
High-Bounty Men in the Army of the Potomac offers a much-needed correction to the historical record, providing a more balanced assessment of the “high-bounty” replacements in the Army of the Potomac. Rutan argues, using combat-effectiveness methodology, that they were generally competent soldiers and indispensable in defeating the Army of Northern Virginia.
