This final volume of Shelby Footes masterful narrative history of the Civil War brings to life the military endgame, the surrender at Appomattox, and the tragic denouement of the war--the assassination of President Lincoln.

Features maps throughout.

An unparalleled achievement, an American Iliad, a unique work uniting the scholarship of the historian and the high readability of the first-class novelist. --Walker Percy.

"To read this chronicle is an awesome and moving experience. History and literature are rarely so thoroughly combined as here