Excerpt from General Lee, His Campaigns in Virginia: 1861-1865, With Personal Reminiscences
Nearly thirty years ago I ventured to publish Four Years with General Lee, in which my primary Object was to assist in establishing the fact of the great numerical Odds against which the army under General Lee had to contend in its encounters with the Federal armies opposed to it.
General Lee had expressed a purpose to do this, and after his death, be...
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Excerpt from General Lee, His Campaigns in Virginia: 1861-1865, With Personal Reminiscences
Nearly thirty years ago I ventured to publish Four Years with General Lee, in which my primary Object was to assist in establishing the fact of the great numerical Odds against which the army under General Lee had to contend in its encounters with the Federal armies opposed to it.
General Lee had expressed a purpose to do this, and after his death, be...
BCR's Shelf2Life American Civil War Collection is a unique and exciting collection of pre-1923 titles focusing on the American Civil War and the people and events surrounding it. From memoirs and biographies of notable military figures to firsthand accoun
BCR's Shelf2Life American Civil War Collection is a unique and exciting collection of pre-1923 titles focusing on the American Civil War and the people and events surrounding it. From memoirs and biographies of notable military figures to firsthand accoun
This book is important not only for Taylor's military knowledge but also for his perception of the character of Lee. Others shown under the stress of fire are Stonewall Jackson, James Longstreet, Jeb Stuart, and A.P. Hill. But the true heroes are the Confederate soldiers who fought doggedly, though outnumbered and often poorly provisioned. Well documented and carrying valuable maps of major battlefields, Taylor's book reveals how participants ...
..". it offers a sure, quick, eyewitness assessment of all Lee'scampaigns." -- Southern Partisan
Walter Taylor was "first to lastthe closest" of all staff officers to General Robert E. Lee, and his intimaterelationship with his commander gives Taylor's writings signal importance in anystudy of Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia. A recognized classic, Four Yearswith General Lee first appeared in 1877 and was a collector's item by the turn of...