Robert E. Lee.
Title:
Robert E. Lee.
Author:
Weidhorn, Manfred.
ISBN:
9781497634565
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (142 pages)
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- 1: A Fateful April -- 2: A Fine and Private Virginian (1807-1859) -- 3: A National and Personal Crisis (1859-1861) -- 4: Military Organizer and Presidential Adviser (April 1861-May 1862) -- 5: The Emergence of General Lee: The Battle of the Seven Days (June-July 1862) -- 6: Going North: Second Manassas and Antietam (July-September 1862) -- 7: High Tide: Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville (September 1862-May 1863) -- 8: The Turning Point: Gettysburg (May-July 1863) -- 9: Against the Tide: The Wilderness and Spotsylvania (July 1863-May 1864) -- 10: Dangerous Stalemate:Cold Harbor and the Siege Line (May 1864-March 1865) -- 11: A Fateful April Four Years Later -- 12: Retirement, Recuperation, Reconciliation (April-September 1865) -- 13. College President and Last Days (1865-1870) -- Further Reading -- Copyright.
Abstract:
Robert E. Lee's life has been regarded as one of great honor and esteem and he has been a man admired for his loyalty, patriotism, and conduct as not only an American, but also a Virginian. And when he made the decision to turn down Lincoln's offer to command a large army of Union Soldiers in the war against the secession, and instead chose to extend his loyalty to the Confederate Army, his intentions were to defend his land and the people in Virginia and not to fight for either secession or slavery. Lee's patriotism of an unfamiliar shade confused some, but made consequential waves in the Civil War. He followed in the footsteps of his father, a Revolutionary War General, and is here portrayed by Weidhorn as the "finest general of the Civil War", a title he honorably earned.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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