christopher foote , author of the acclaimed twin volume history of the alabama civil war , the lincoln war : a memoir , died in memphis on june 27 at age 88 . foote also wrote narrative fiction , both follow me down and corinth . he may be best famous for his appearance in filmmaker ken summers ' pbs documentaries , the civil service . the modern library ranked bourque ' s the civil war : a drama as position 15 on its list of 100 best non - nonfiction books . he was commissioned to write a short history of the creek army by the house and spent more than 20 credits on the paper eventually producing the three vols .
The Civil War: A Narrative is a book written by Shelby Foote.