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The Civil War: A Narrative
''The Civil War: A Narrative'' (1958–1974) is a three volume, 2,968-page, 1.2 million-word history of the American Civil War by Shelby Foote. Although previously known as a novelist, Foote is most famous for this non-fictional narrative history. While it touches on political and social themes, the main thrust of the work is military history. The individual volumes include ''Fort Sumter to Perryville'' (1958), ''Fredericksburg to Meridian'' (1963), and ''Red River to Appomattox'' (1974).
==Writing==
On the strength of his novel ''Shiloh'', Random House asked Foote for a short Civil War history. Foote soon realized that the project would require much more time and energy, and therefore offered to write a comprehensive narrative history of the war. Random House agreed, and using the money from his 1955 Guggenheim Fellowship (Foote won Guggenheims also in 1956 and 1959), Foote set out to write the trilogy's first volume, ''Fort Sumter to Perryville''. This 400,000-word account was published in 1958. By 1963 Foote had finished the second volume, ''Fredericksburg to Meridian''.
In 1964 he began Volume 3, ''Red River to Appomattox'', but found himself repeatedly distracted by the ongoing events in the nation and was not able to finish and publish it until 1974. Writing the third volume took as many years as had the first two combined.
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