The Civil War: Red River to Appomattoxby Shelby Foote | |
| Category: |
"U.S. History - Military" |
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| Pages: | 1065 |
| Year of Publication: | 1974 |
| Date Read: | 03/30/1990 |
| Notes: | As the third (and final) volume opens, Grant and Lee face off in Virginia while Sherman presses against Johnston in Georgia. The book continues with Petersburg, Sherman's March and the final battles of the war, leading up to Appomattox. The thrilling history ends with Lincoln's assassination and burial and Jefferson Davis' final days. COMMENTS — Shelby Foote ends the book with this note: "By way of possible extenuation, in response to complaints that it took me five times longer to write the war than the participants took to fight it, I would point out that there were a good many more of them than there was of me." |
| My Rating: | 10 |