R. E. Lee: A Biography, Vol. III
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R. E. Lee: A Biography, Vol. III

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R. E. Lee: A Biography, Vol. III

About this book

Following the immediate critical success of Lee's Dispatches, author Douglas Southall Freeman was approached by New York publisher Charles Scribner's Sons and invited to write a biography of Robert E. Lee. He accepted, and his research of Lee was exhaustive: he evaluated and cataloged every item about Lee, and reviewed records at West Point, the War Department, and material in private collections. In narrating the general's Civil War years, he used what came to be known as the "fog of war" technique—providing readers only the limited information that Lee himself had at a given moment. This helped convey the confusion of war that Lee experienced, as well as the processes by which Lee grappled with problems and made decisions.
R. E. Lee: A Biography was published in four volumes in 1934 and 1935. In its book review, The New York Times declared it "Lee complete for all time." Historian Dumas Malone wrote, "Great as my personal expectations were, the realization far surpassed them." In 1935, Freeman was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his four-volume biography.
Freeman's R. E. Lee: A Biography remains the authoritative study on the Confederate general.

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Information

Publisher
Golden Springs Publishing
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9781786259516
Topic
History
Subtopic
19th Century History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Title page
  2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  3. ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. MAPS
  5. CHAPTER I-THE “MIGHT-HAVE-BEENS” OF CHANCELLORSVILLE
  6. CHAPTER II-THE REORGANIZATION THAT EXPLAINS GETTYSBURG
  7. CHAPTER III-THE ARMY STARTS NORTHWARD AGAIN
  8. CHAPTER IV-MANOEUVRING TO ENTER PENNSYLVANIA
  9. CHAPTER V-LEE HEARS A FATEFUL CANNONADE
  10. CHAPTER VI-THE SPIRIT THAT INHIBITS VICTORY
  11. CHAPTER VII-”WHAT CAN DETAIN LONGSTREET?”
  12. CHAPTER VIII-”IT IS ALL MY FAULT”
  13. CHAPTER IX-WHY WAS GETTYSBURG LOST?
  14. CHAPTER X-CAN THE OFFENSIVE BE RESUMED?-(BRISTOE STATION)
  15. CHAPTER XI-A SURPRISE AND A DISAPPOINTMENT-(RAPPAHANNOCK BRIDGE AND MINE RUN)
  16. CHAPTER XII-A SACRIFICED CHRISTMAS
  17. CHAPTER XIII-LEE AS A DIPLOMATIST-(THE WINTER OF 1863-64)
  18. CHAPTER XIV-CAN THE ARMY BE SAVED FOR NEW BATTLES?
  19. CHAPTER XV-PREPARING FOR THE CAMPAIGN OF 1864
  20. CHAPTER XVI-INTO THE WILDERNESS AGAIN-(MAY 4-5, 1864)
  21. CHAPTER XVII-HISTORY FAILS TO REPEAT ITSELF-(MAY 6-7, 1864)
  22. CHAPTER XVIII-THE BLOODY CLIMAX OF A HURRIED RACE-(SPOTSYLVANIA, MAY 8-12, 1864)
  23. CHAPTER XIX-A MERCIFUL RAIN AND ANOTHER MARCH-(SPOTSYLVANIA, MAY 13-22, 1864)
  24. CHAPTER XX-A VAIN INVITATION TO ATTACK-(THE NORTH ANNA, MAY 22-27, 1864)
  25. CHAPTER XXI-MANŒUVRE ON THE TOTOPOTOMOY-(MAY 27-30, 1864)
  26. CHAPTER XXII-AND STILL GRANT HAMMERS-(COLD HARBOR, MAY 31-JUNE 3, 1864)
  27. CHAPTER XXIII-THE CROSSING OF THE JAMES
  28. CHAPTER XXIV-”RAPIDAN TO PETERSBURG” IN REVIEW
  29. CHAPTER XXV-LEE’S MOST DIFFICULT DEFENSIVE
  30. CHAPTER XXVI-LEE ENCOUNTERS A NEW TYPE OF WARFARE-(“THE CRATER,” JULY 30, 1864)
  31. CHAPTER XXVII-THE LOSS OF THE WELDON RAILROAD
  32. CHAPTER XXVIII-GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
  33. CHAPTER XXIX-THE WINTER OF GROWING DESPAIR
  34. APPENDIX III-1-STUART’S INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN
  35. APPENDIX III-2-THE HOUR OF LONGSTREET’S ARRIVAL, JULY 2, 1863
  36. APPENDIX III-3-THE HANDLING OF ANDERSON’S DIVISION ON JULY 2, 1863
  37. APPENDIX III-4-STUART IN PENNSYLVANIA
  38. APPENDIX III-5-BEAUREGARD’S CALL FOR REINFORCEMENTS, JUNE 15, 1864
  39. REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER