Volume 3 of *The Civil War: A Narrative* by Shelby Foote focuses on the final year of the American Civil War, from 1864 to 1865. It details critical events such as General Ulysses S. Grant’s relentless campaign against Robert E. Lee’s Confederate forces, William Tecumseh Sherman’s devastating March to the Sea, and the fall of key Southern cities like Atlanta and Richmond. The volume culminates in the surrender of Lee at Appomattox Court House, effectively ending the war. Foote also explores the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the war’s profound impact on the nation’s future.