The Civil War, A Narrative, Vol. III: Red River to Appomattox

In the third and final volume of this magnificent history, Shelby Foote brings to a close the story of four years of turmoil and strife which altered American life forever. Here, told in vivid narrative and as seen from both sides, are those climactic struggles, great and small, on and off the field of battle, which finally decided the fate of this nation.

"I have never read a better, more vivid, more understandable account of the savage battling between Grant's and Lee's armies....Foote stays with the human strife and suffering, and unlike most Southern commentators, he does not take sides. In objectivity, in range, in mastery of detail, in beauty of language and feeling for the people involved, this work surpasses anything else on the subject....It stands alongside the work of the best of them."—New Republic

"One of the great historical narratives of our century, a unique and brilliant achievement…."—Chicago Daily News