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In the annals of history, the debate over the greatest general in the American Civil War rages on. Many connoisseurs of military strategy tip their hats to Confederate General Robert E. Lee, a man whose name echoes with tales of bravery, honor, and an unwavering commitment to his...
General Lee Family Slaves Lee and John Brown 1859 Special Order 191 Lee with Comanches in Texas Farewell to the Army of Northern Virginia by Robert E. Lee After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yiel...
So to turn this back to Lee: I think Lee's record when outnumbered was certainly credible as far as "was he a great general?" If Tennessee had been defended as successfully as Virginia (this more on Bragg and the other Johnston than Joe Johnston, but), the Confederacy wou...
SIDWELL, ROBERT WILLIAM, M.A., May 2009 HISTORY MAINTAINING ORDER IN THE MIDST OF CHAOS: ROBERT E. LEE'S USAGE OF HIS PERSONAL STAFF (145 pp.) Director of Thesis: Kevin Adams In the mid-nineteenth century, prevailing military theory held that a commanding general was supposed to use his...
When Robert E. Lee passed on without setting pen to paper on his memoirs, both North and South alike were deprived of a classic personal history of the War Between the States worthy to sit on the shelf next to Ulysses S.Grant's Personal Memoirs.The Reverend J. William Jones, Lee's ...
During the postbellum century, when Americans North and South decided to embrace R. E. Lee as a national as well as a Southern hero, he was generally described as antislavery. This assumption rests not on any public position he took but on a passage in an 1856 letter to his wife. The...
歌曲: God Bless Robert E. LeeWhen Robert E. Lee surrendered the ConfederacyJefferson Davis was upset about itHe said, "How dare that man resent an orderForm the President of the Confederate States of America"Then somebody told him thatGeneral Lee had made the decision himselfIn order to ...
violent process, and there tend to be brutal injuries and fatalities, so I’ll repeat my admonition: it’s fun to repeat the slogan “punch a Nazi” but it’s important to recognize that that is just a slogan, like “catch the wave: Coke” or “nobody doesn’t like Sara Lee”**....