General Robert E. Lee and the Appomattox Campaign: Account of the Surrender from "A Biography of Robert E. Lee" (Illustrated)
Fitzhugh Lee (November 19, 1835 – April 28, 1905) was a cavalry officer for the Confederacy, the Governor of Virginia, and later a general in the Spanish-American War, fighting for the country that he had fought against over 30 years earlier. While all of this would be enough to earn him distinction, he is remembered primarily today for being the nephew of General Robert E. Lee, as well as one of his most vocal defenders and supporters.
Fitz Lee wrote several works about the Civil War that, along with other generals like Jubal Early, helped form the basis for the Lost Cause and helped create the reputation of reverence for Robert E. Lee that is still widely held today. In addition to deifying Robert E. Lee, Fitz Lee, Early, and other authors like them often clashed with former Confederate comrades like James Longstreet, who either were not Virginian or had been critical of Robert E. Lee themselves. Debates between the men persisted into the 20th century, and they’re partially responsible for memoirs like James Longstreet’s From Manassas to Appomattox.
General Robert E. Lee and the Appomattox Campaign is an excerpt from Fitzhugh Lee’s biography of the general that covers the Appomattox Campaign, the final campaign for the Army of Northern Virginia that ended with Lee’s famous surrender to Grant. After Grant broke Lee’s lines in the siege of Petersburg in early April, the Army of the Potomac chased the battered Army of Northern Virginia after successfully capturing Petersburg and Richmond on April 2, 1865.
Although the surrender of General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac at Appomattox Courthouse did not officially end the long and bloody Civil War, the surrender is often considered the final chapter of the war. For that reason, Appomattox has captured the popular imagination of Americans ever since Lee’s surrender on April 9, 1865. After surrendering, Lee wrote one last order to his army and a report to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, before heading home to Virginia to live out the rest of his days.
This edition of General Robert E. Lee and the Appomattox Campaign is specially formatted with a Table of Contents and illustrated with maps of the battles and pictures of the important generals.
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Fitz Lee wrote several works about the Civil War that, along with other generals like Jubal Early, helped form the basis for the Lost Cause and helped create the reputation of reverence for Robert E. Lee that is still widely held today. In addition to deifying Robert E. Lee, Fitz Lee, Early, and other authors like them often clashed with former Confederate comrades like James Longstreet, who either were not Virginian or had been critical of Robert E. Lee themselves. Debates between the men persisted into the 20th century, and they’re partially responsible for memoirs like James Longstreet’s From Manassas to Appomattox.
General Robert E. Lee and the Appomattox Campaign is an excerpt from Fitzhugh Lee’s biography of the general that covers the Appomattox Campaign, the final campaign for the Army of Northern Virginia that ended with Lee’s famous surrender to Grant. After Grant broke Lee’s lines in the siege of Petersburg in early April, the Army of the Potomac chased the battered Army of Northern Virginia after successfully capturing Petersburg and Richmond on April 2, 1865.
Although the surrender of General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac at Appomattox Courthouse did not officially end the long and bloody Civil War, the surrender is often considered the final chapter of the war. For that reason, Appomattox has captured the popular imagination of Americans ever since Lee’s surrender on April 9, 1865. After surrendering, Lee wrote one last order to his army and a report to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, before heading home to Virginia to live out the rest of his days.
This edition of General Robert E. Lee and the Appomattox Campaign is specially formatted with a Table of Contents and illustrated with maps of the battles and pictures of the important generals.
General Robert E. Lee and the Appomattox Campaign: Account of the Surrender from "A Biography of Robert E. Lee" (Illustrated)
Fitzhugh Lee (November 19, 1835 – April 28, 1905) was a cavalry officer for the Confederacy, the Governor of Virginia, and later a general in the Spanish-American War, fighting for the country that he had fought against over 30 years earlier. While all of this would be enough to earn him distinction, he is remembered primarily today for being the nephew of General Robert E. Lee, as well as one of his most vocal defenders and supporters.
Fitz Lee wrote several works about the Civil War that, along with other generals like Jubal Early, helped form the basis for the Lost Cause and helped create the reputation of reverence for Robert E. Lee that is still widely held today. In addition to deifying Robert E. Lee, Fitz Lee, Early, and other authors like them often clashed with former Confederate comrades like James Longstreet, who either were not Virginian or had been critical of Robert E. Lee themselves. Debates between the men persisted into the 20th century, and they’re partially responsible for memoirs like James Longstreet’s From Manassas to Appomattox.
General Robert E. Lee and the Appomattox Campaign is an excerpt from Fitzhugh Lee’s biography of the general that covers the Appomattox Campaign, the final campaign for the Army of Northern Virginia that ended with Lee’s famous surrender to Grant. After Grant broke Lee’s lines in the siege of Petersburg in early April, the Army of the Potomac chased the battered Army of Northern Virginia after successfully capturing Petersburg and Richmond on April 2, 1865.
Although the surrender of General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac at Appomattox Courthouse did not officially end the long and bloody Civil War, the surrender is often considered the final chapter of the war. For that reason, Appomattox has captured the popular imagination of Americans ever since Lee’s surrender on April 9, 1865. After surrendering, Lee wrote one last order to his army and a report to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, before heading home to Virginia to live out the rest of his days.
This edition of General Robert E. Lee and the Appomattox Campaign is specially formatted with a Table of Contents and illustrated with maps of the battles and pictures of the important generals.
Fitz Lee wrote several works about the Civil War that, along with other generals like Jubal Early, helped form the basis for the Lost Cause and helped create the reputation of reverence for Robert E. Lee that is still widely held today. In addition to deifying Robert E. Lee, Fitz Lee, Early, and other authors like them often clashed with former Confederate comrades like James Longstreet, who either were not Virginian or had been critical of Robert E. Lee themselves. Debates between the men persisted into the 20th century, and they’re partially responsible for memoirs like James Longstreet’s From Manassas to Appomattox.
General Robert E. Lee and the Appomattox Campaign is an excerpt from Fitzhugh Lee’s biography of the general that covers the Appomattox Campaign, the final campaign for the Army of Northern Virginia that ended with Lee’s famous surrender to Grant. After Grant broke Lee’s lines in the siege of Petersburg in early April, the Army of the Potomac chased the battered Army of Northern Virginia after successfully capturing Petersburg and Richmond on April 2, 1865.
Although the surrender of General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac at Appomattox Courthouse did not officially end the long and bloody Civil War, the surrender is often considered the final chapter of the war. For that reason, Appomattox has captured the popular imagination of Americans ever since Lee’s surrender on April 9, 1865. After surrendering, Lee wrote one last order to his army and a report to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, before heading home to Virginia to live out the rest of his days.
This edition of General Robert E. Lee and the Appomattox Campaign is specially formatted with a Table of Contents and illustrated with maps of the battles and pictures of the important generals.
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General Robert E. Lee and the Appomattox Campaign: Account of the Surrender from "A Biography of Robert E. Lee" (Illustrated)
General Robert E. Lee and the Appomattox Campaign: Account of the Surrender from "A Biography of Robert E. Lee" (Illustrated)
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940013408548 |
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| Publisher: | Charles River Editors |
| Publication date: | 09/21/2011 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 854 KB |
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