Bibliograph

Recollections and letters of General Robert E. Lee, by his son, Captain Robert E. Lee ; [introduction by Gamaliel Bradford ; new material by William Taylor Thom]

Type

Label

Recollections and letters of General Robert E. Lee, by his son, Captain Robert E. Lee ; [introduction by Gamaliel Bradford ; new material by William Taylor Thom]

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Recollections and letters of General Robert E. Lee

Oclc number

26918544

Responsibility statement

by his son, Captain Robert E. Lee ; [introduction by Gamaliel Bradford ; new material by William Taylor Thom]

Summary

This book shows all the facets of General Lee through his correspondance and through the warm and revealing insight supplied by his son. A very whole and rewarding picture of one of the South's greatest sons and heroes

Table Of Contents

Services in the United States Army. -- The Confederate general. -- Letters to wife and daughters. -- Army life of Robert the younger. -- The Army of Northern Virginia. -- The winter of 1863-4. -- Fronting the Army of the Potomac. -- The surrender. -- A private citizen. -- President of Washington College. -- The idol of the South. -- Lee's opinion upon the late war. -- Family affairs. -- An ideal father. -- Mountain rides. -- An adviser of young men. -- The Reconstruction Period. -- Mrs. R.E. Lee. -- Lee's letters to his sons. -- The new home in Lexington. -- Failing health. -- The Southern trip. -- A round of visits. -- Last days. -- New material / by William Taylor Thom

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