In 1861, when the Civil War began, few generals on either side had experience commanding troop formations larger than a single regiment. In the rugged mountains and dense forests of western Virginia, Robert E. Lee and George B. McClellan received their first opportunities to com…
by Time-Life Books, Bailey, Ronald H., Josephy, Alvin M., Goolrick, William K., Davis, William C., Clark, Champ, Chaitin, Peter, Channing, Steven A., Korn, Jerry, Jaynes, Gregory, Murphy, Richard W., Nevin, David, Lewis, Thomas A., Street, James, Robertson, James I., Jackson, Donald Dale
"Their Maryland: The Army of Northern Virginia From the Potomac Crossing to Sharpsburg in September 1862 charts the course of the Confederate military campaign in Maryland during the American Civil War. Organized into seven comprehensive chapters, it examines Robert E. Lee's mot…
"Their Maryland: The Army of Northern Virginia From the Potomac Crossing to Sharpsburg in September 1862 charts the course of the Confederate military campaign in Maryland during the American Civil War. Organized into seven comprehensive chapters, it examines Robert E. Lee's mot…
"Their Maryland: The Army of Northern Virginia From the Potomac Crossing to Sharpsburg in September 1862 charts the course of the Confederate military campaign in Maryland during the American Civil War. Organized into seven comprehensive chapters, it examines Robert E. Lee's mot…
They met in person only four times, yet these two men - Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee - determined the outcome of America's most divisive war and cast larger-than-life shadows over their reunited nation. They came from vastly different backgrounds: Lee from a distinguished …
<Div>A dual biography and a fresh approach to the always compelling subject of these two iconic leaders—how they fashioned a distinctly American war, and a lasting peace, that fundamentally changed our nation</div>
They met in person only four times, yet these two men - Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee - determined the outcome of America's most divisive war and cast larger-than-life shadows over their reunited nation. They came from vastly different backgrounds: Lee from a distinguished …
While most scholars agree that Robert E. Lee's loyalty to Virginia was the key factor in his decision to join the Confederate cause, Richard McCaslin goes further to demonstrate that Lee's true call to action was the legacy of the American Revolution viewed through his reverence…
"In his thematic biography of the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, McCaslin locates the sources of Lee's devotion to Washington and shows how this bond affected his performance as a general in battle. He argues that Lee used the strategy of attrition to attempt to per…
