Robert E. Lee and the Fall of the Confederacy, 1863-1865
- ISBN-10
- 0742551261
- ISBN-13
- 9780742551268
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 283
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Author
- Ethan S. Rafuse
Description
In this reexamination of the last two years of Lee's storied military career, Ethan S. Rafuse offers a clear, informative, and insightful account of Lee's ultimately unsuccessful struggle to defend the Confederacy against a relentless and determined foe. This book provides a comprehensive, yet concise and entertaining narrative of the battles and campaigns that highlighted this phase of the war and analyzes the battles and Lee's generalship in the context of the steady deterioration of the Confederacy's prospects for victory.
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