The Fateful Lightning
by Jeff Shaara
"A Novel of the Civil War"
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The Fateful Lightning by Jeff Shaara
Details
War:
American Civil War
Perspective:
Infantry
Biography:
No
Region:
North America
Page Count:
641
Published Date:
2015
ISBN13:
9780345549198
Summary
The Fateful Lightning is the final installment in Jeff Shaara's Civil War tetralogy, focusing on the closing months of the war in 1865. The novel follows General William Tecumseh Sherman's march through the Carolinas after his famous March to the Sea. Shaara tells the story through multiple perspectives, including Sherman, Confederate General Joseph Johnston, and a young Union soldier. The narrative explores the devastating impact of total war on the South, the strategic decisions that hastened the Confederacy's collapse, and the human cost of the conflict's brutal final chapter.
