General Lee's army : from victory to collapse
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Published
New York : Free Press, 2008.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xv, 600 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm
Status
Oliver La Farge - Adult
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Published
New York : Free Press, 2008.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Free Press hardcover ed.: 2008. Free Press trade paperback ed.: 2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 543-581) and index.
Description
General Robert E. Lee's army was a surprise to almost everyone: With daring early victories and an invasion into the North, they nearly managed to convince the North to give up the fight. Astonishingly, after 150 years of scholarship, there are still some major surprises about the Army of Northern Virginia. Historian Joseph T. Glatthaar draws on sources assembled over two decades--from letters and diaries, to official war records, to a new, definitive database of statistics--to rewrite the history of the Civil War's most important army and, indeed, of the war itself. The history of Lee's army is a powerful lens on the entire war. The fate of Lee's army explains why the South almost won--and why it lost. The story of his men--their reasons for fighting, their cohesion, mounting casualties, diseases, supply problems, and discipline problems--tells it all.--From publisher description.
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Confederate States of America. -- Army of Northern Virginia.
Lee, Robert E. -- (Robert Edward), -- 1807-1870 -- Military leadership.
Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Attitudes.
Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Psychology.
Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Social conditions.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Lee, Robert E. -- (Robert Edward), -- 1807-1870 -- Military leadership.
Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Attitudes.
Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Psychology.
Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Social conditions.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.