01578cam a2200325 4500 616192643 TxAuBib 20230118120000.0 940721s1986||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780394746234 0394746236 TxAuBib Foote, Shelby. The Civil War, a narrative. Part 1. / Fort Sumter to Perryville / / by Shelby Foote. Fort Sumter to Perryville. 1st Vintage Books ed. New York : Vintage Books, [1986] ©0. 840 p. : maps (some col.) ; 24 cm. Civil War library Vintage Civil War library Includes bibliographical references and index. Here begins one of the most remarkable works of history ever fashioned. All the great battles are here, of course, but so are the smaller ones: Ball's Bluff, Fort Donelson, Pea Ridge, Island Ten, New Orleans, and Monitor versus Merrimac. The word "narrative" is the key to this extraordinary book's incandescence and its truth. The story is told entirely from the point of view of the people involved in it. One learns not only what was happening on all fronts but also how the author discovered it during his years of exhaustive research. 20230118. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. Nonfiction. Civil War library. Vintage Civil War library. TXWKC