Shelby Foote's The Civil War: Red River to Appomattox.

The author tends to write run on sentences that have the reader trying to absorb a little too much information at one time. He should use more periods. However, the detail he supplies is welcome.


"Generosity. That was my first mistake."
"Experience must be our only guide; reason may mislead us."
"Instagram is Twitter for people who can't read."