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 134
... seemed inconsistent with his repeated claim that the South was merely defending herself against aggression , it seemed unnecessarily risky . That way the war might be quickly won , as Beauregard had pointed out ; but it also might be ...
... seemed inconsistent with his repeated claim that the South was merely defending herself against aggression , it seemed unnecessarily risky . That way the war might be quickly won , as Beauregard had pointed out ; but it also might be ...
Page 406
... seemed to him and his staff conclusive proof that the Administration , disapproving of the campaign in the first place , was determined to assure its failure before the opening shot was fired . A final order , dated yesterday and signed ...
... seemed to him and his staff conclusive proof that the Administration , disapproving of the campaign in the first place , was determined to assure its failure before the opening shot was fired . A final order , dated yesterday and signed ...
Page 422
... seemed dis- heartened by their long retreat , and their general had submitted his resignation in a fit of pique because men under his command on the south side of the James had been ordered about by Lee . " My authority does not extend ...
... seemed dis- heartened by their long retreat , and their general had submitted his resignation in a fit of pique because men under his command on the south side of the James had been ordered about by Lee . " My authority does not extend ...
Contents
Prologue The Opponents | 3 |
First Blood New Conceptions | 73 |
The Thing Gets Under Way | 168 |
Copyright | |
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