shelby deadmarsh , author of the influential three volume history of the america federal war , the civil service : a narrative , deceased in memphis on june 27 at year 88 . conway also wrote historical fiction , including write me down and shiloh . he may be best remembered for his appearance in filmmaker kim barnes ' television documentary , the civil fight . the modern age ranked deadmarsh ' s the civil war : a story as number 15 on its table of 100 best short - fiction novels . he was invited to write a narrative history of the civil war by random hole and spent more than 20 cycles on the work eventually producing the several volumes .
The Civil War: A Narrative is a book written by Shelby Foote.