The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 1: Fort Sumter to PerryvilleThis first volume of Shelby Foote's classic narrative of the Civil War opens with Jefferson Davis’s farewell to the United Senate and ends on the bloody battlefields of Antietam and Perryville, as the full, horrible scope of America’s great war becomes clear. Exhaustively researched and masterfully written, Foote’s epic account of the Civil War unfolds like a classic novel. Includes maps throughout. "Here, for a certainty, is one of the great historical narratives…a unique and brilliant achievement, one that must be firmly placed in the ranks of the masters."—Van Allen Bradley, Chicago Daily News "A stunning book full of color, life, character and a new atmosphere of the Civil War, and at the same time a narrative of unflagging power. Eloquent proof that an historian should be a writer above all else." —Burke Davis "To read this great narrative is to love the nation—to love it through the living knowledge of its mortal division. Whitman, who ultimately knew and loved the bravery and frailty of the soldiers, observed that the real Civil War would never be written and perhaps should not be. For me, Shelby Foote has written it.... This work was done to last forever." —James M. Cox, Southern Review |
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Page 413
... Richmond : " The want of provision and of any mode of obtaining it here , still more the dearth of forage , makes it im- possible to wait to attack [ the enemy ] while landing . The sight of the ironclad boats makes me apprehensive for ...
... Richmond : " The want of provision and of any mode of obtaining it here , still more the dearth of forage , makes it im- possible to wait to attack [ the enemy ] while landing . The sight of the ironclad boats makes me apprehensive for ...
Page 416
... Richmond must not be given up ; it shall not be given up ! " he exclaimed . Davis felt much the same way about it . Twice he had ridden down to Drewry's with Lee to inspect the work in progress there , the hulks being sunk alongside ...
... Richmond must not be given up ; it shall not be given up ! " he exclaimed . Davis felt much the same way about it . Twice he had ridden down to Drewry's with Lee to inspect the work in progress there , the hulks being sunk alongside ...
Page 437
... Richmond , " replaced it with a report that the whole rebel army was on the march for the Potomac . Harried by congressmen and distraught citizens , Lincoln hoped that his opponent in the Confed- erate seat of government could be given ...
... Richmond , " replaced it with a report that the whole rebel army was on the march for the Potomac . Harried by congressmen and distraught citizens , Lincoln hoped that his opponent in the Confed- erate seat of government could be given ...
Contents
Prologue The Opponents | 3 |
First Blood New Conceptions | 73 |
The Thing Gets Under Way | 168 |
Copyright | |
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