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Robert E. Lee : icon for a nation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reid, Brian Holden
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2007.
Subjects:
Lee, Robert E. > (Robert Edward), > 1807-1870.
Generals > Confederate States of America > Biography.
Confederate States of America. > Army > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
Table of Contents:
  • "A monument to his glorious memory"
  • Military apprenticeship, 1807-61
  • Quiet emergence, April 1861-June 1862
  • Fortunes transformed, June-July 1862
  • Apogee, July-September 1862
  • Resurgent again, October 1862-May 1863
  • Fateful climax, June-July 1863
  • Acme of defensive skill, August 1863-June 1864
  • Slow disintegration, June 1864-April 1865
  • The reckoning.