roger foote , author of the acclaimed 3 volume history of the american guerrilla war , the civil war : a story , died in memphis on june 27 at time 88 . foote also wrote factual fiction , primarily follow me down and shiloh . he may be only knew for his part in documentary kim burns ' pbs documentary , the last war . the huntington age ranked foote ' s the confederate war : a narrative as one 15 on its list of 100 best non - fiction books . he was commission to write a short history of the civil war by random house and spent more than 20 years on the work eventually releasing the seven volumes .
The Civil War: A Narrative is a book written by Shelby Foote.