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Full title: The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby Foote. Published in New York by Vintage Books, a division of Random House. Three volumes.
Covers the Civil War from the opening bombardment of Fort Sumter through the final campaigns and surrender at Appomattox. Written as a continuous narrative, the set follows the military and political course of the war across the major theaters, including the Eastern campaigns, the Western theater, the Mississippi River campaigns, and the closing months of the Confederacy.
Volumes included:
- Fort Sumter to Perryville — spans from Jefferson Davis’s farewell to the U.S. Senate through late 1862
- Fredericksburg to Meridian — covers the critical year of 1863, including Gettysburg and Vicksburg.
- Red River to Appomattox — details the military endgame, the surrender, and Lincoln's assassination.
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