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Review title: Does not live up to its reputation
Product review: It's too bad that Foote writes so well (even if he's a bit wordy at times) because that has ensured that these bad books have become one of the most important sources of popular opinion on the Civil War. All three volumes are filled with errors; not just interpretive but serious factual errors as well. Read McPherson's "Battle Cry of Freedom" instead. Even Bruce Catton's older stuff has stood the test of time better and, in my humble opinion, is far more eloquent
