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Lee the soldier

Author: Gary W Gallagher
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1996.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Lee the Soldier is a unique one-volume source of writing by and about Lee in which readers can explore all facets of the general's military leadership. Combining unpublished manuscript testimony from Lee about his campaigns, six new essays by leading historians in the field, more than a dozen important essays published previously, and an annotated bibliography of two hundred key titles, this book lays out the major  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Lee the soldier.
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1996
(OCoLC)604221689
Named Person: Robert E Lee; Robert E (Soldat) Lee
Material Type: Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Gary W Gallagher
ISBN: 0803221533 9780803221536
OCLC Number: 32923708
Description: xxxv, 620 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: Memoranda of conversations with General Robert E. Lee / William Allan --
Memorandum of a conversation with General R. E. Lee / Edwards Clifford Gordon --
Memoranda of conversations with General R. E. Lee / William Preston Johnston --
The campaigns of Gen. Robert E. Lee / Jubal A. Early --
General Lee / Francis Lawley --
General Lee / Field Marshall Viscount Wolseley --
Lee and the strategy of the Civil War / George A. Bruce --
The sword of Robert E. Lee / Douglas Southall Freeman --
The generalship of Robert E. Lee / Charles P. Roland --
Robert E. Lee and the Western Confederacy: a criticism of Lee's strategic ability / Thomas L. Connelly --
The historian and the general: Thomas L. Connelly versus Robert E. Lee / Albert Castel --
General Lee / Alan T. Nolan --
Another look at the generalship of R. E. Lee / Gary W. Gallagher --
Lee and Jefferson Davis / William C. Davis --
From "King of Spades" to "First Captain of the Confederacy": R. E. Lee's first six weeks with the army of Northern Virginia / Carol Reardon --
Robert E. Lee and the Maryland campaign / D. Scott Hartwig --
Lee at Chancellorsville / Robert K. Krick --
Lee in Pennsylvania / James Longstreet --
Reply to General Longstreet / Jubal A. Early --
Letter on causes of Lee's defeat at Gettysburg / Edward Porter Alexander --
Why was Gettysburg lost? / Douglas Southall Freeman --
R. E. Lee and July 1 at Gettysburg / Alan T. Nolan --
"If the enemy is there, we must attack him": R. E. Lee and the second day at Gettysburg / Gary W. Gallagher --
"A mere question of time": Robert E. Lee form the wilderness to Appomattox Court House / Noah Andre Trudeau.
Responsibility: edited by Gary W. Gallagher.
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Lee the Soldier is a unique one-volume source of writing by and about Lee in which readers can explore all facets of the general's military leadership. Combining unpublished manuscript testimony from Lee about his campaigns, six new essays by leading historians in the field, more than a dozen important essays published previously, and an annotated bibliography of two hundred key titles, this book lays out the major debates and enables readers to explore fully Lee's contribution to the Confederate war effort.

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