"Foote's comprehensive history of the Civil War includes three compelling volumes: Fort Sumter to Perryville, Fredericksburg to Meridian, and Red River to Appomattox"--Publisher description. Volume 2 "covers many of the greatest and bloodiest battles of history....Against this backdrop of smoke and battle, Lincoln and Davis try in their separate ways to hold their people together: Lincoln by letters and statements, climaxing in the Gettysburg address; and Davis by two long...western trips in which he makes personal appeals to crowds along his way"--Dust jacket.

Civil War, Fredericksburg to Meridian.

Volume three of a three volume narrative history of the battles, characters, and situations during the Civil War.