This monumental contribution to the literature of the Civil War brings together Lees official correspondenceletters, orders, dispatches, battle reportswith his touching letters to his family, thus providing a previously unavailable view of Lees life during the war. From the more than 6,000 items, the editors have chosen to reprint many letters in full for the first time, so that Lee is seen complete, self-revealed, in all his dignity and purpose. Short narratives connect each sectionon the mobilization of Virginia, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, and the siege of Petersburg and Appomattox. Sponsored by the Virginia Civil War Commission to commemorate the Civil War Centennial, this expert work of scholarship dramatizes Lees life as only his own correspondence could. As Lee himself said: Letters are good representatives of our minds. They certainly present a good criterion for judging of the character of the individual.
- ISBN10 0306802821
- ISBN13 9780306802829
- Publish Date 21 March 1987
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 10 March 2008
- Publish Country US
- Publisher INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Imprint Da Capo Press Inc
- Format Paperback
- Pages 1012
- Language English