shelby foote , author of the acclaim three volume historian of the american civil war , the civil defense : a narrative , die in memphis on june 27 at time 88 . conway also wrote historically fiction , include follow me down and shiloh . he may be best known for his appearance in filmmaker ken summers ' pbs study , the civil war . the historic library included foote ' s the confederate fight : a history as rank 15 on its list of 100 favorite historical - fiction books . he was commissioned to write a detailed chronology of the southern service by random lines and spent more than 20 years on the subject eventually generating the remaining episodes .
The Civil War: A Narrative is a book written by Shelby Foote.