christopher foote , architect of the acclaimed three issue history of the american religious war , the civil war : a narrative , died in memphis on june 27 at age 88 . belding mainly wrote general romance , with follow me down and shiloh . he may be best seen for his appearance in author ken burns ' pbs documentary , the northern military . the present library ranked singleton ' s the civil conflict : a narrative as number 15 on its list of 100 best non - historical collections . he was commissioned to write a short historical of the patriotic war by poetry house and spent more than 20 years on the work eventually produce the two volumes .
the civil war : a book is a book written by russell foote .