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Lee's lieutenants, a study in command / by Douglas Southall Freeman.

Freeman, Douglas Southall, 1886-1953 (Author).

Summary:

This 3 volume set is an elaborate and detailed account of the generals in the Confederate States of America. The 3 volumes run in what the author breaks into the components by battle campaigns. Manassas to Malvern Hill in volume 1, Cedar Mountain to Chancellorsville in volume 2 and Gettysburg to Appomatox in volume 3. These volumes include many pictures of the legendary generals as well as battlefield diagrams.

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  • ISBN: 0684101750
  • ISBN: 9780684101750
  • Physical Description: 3 volumes. : illustrations (portraits) maps (part folded). ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's sons, 1942-44.

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General Note:
Autographed copy.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
"Short-title index": volume 3, pages 781-784. "Select critical bibliography": volume 3, pages 797-825.
Formatted Contents Note:
Volume 1. "Old Bory's coming" -- Magruder and D.H. Hill Emerge -- First loss of a leader -- Beauregard essays grand strategy -- Beauregard plans a battle -- Beauregard's star at Zenith -- Pursuit and a confused council -- Subordinates of promise -- The star of Beauregard is beclouded -- Johnston passes a dark winter -- Johnston's withdrawal form Manassas -- Johnston retreats again -- The army that left Yorktown -- Williamsburg -- Eltham introduces John B. Hood -- Twenty-four unhappy days -- Seven Pines : a battle of strange errors -- Grim fruits of anniversary -- Old snarls are untangled -- Stuart justifies his plume -- General and Deacon Jackson at odds -- The building of a "new model" army -- "Dick" Ewell sticks by a "crazy man" -- Jackson launches his offensive -- Cedarville to Winchester--a dreadful night -- A victory ends at a manse -- "From the snare of a fowler" -- A crowning double victory -- "The hero of the south" -- Jackson marches to a confusing field -- The new organization fails -- First battle of A.N.Va. -- Magruder stays up too long -- The delay in the reconcentration -- Two columns are halted -- Holmes advances and Magruder gallops in vain -- Malvern Hill : a tragedy of staff -- The end of Magruder and of Huger -- Discontent and dyspepsia as problems of command -- Stuart makes a second "raid" -- The juniors who vied with veterans -- The enigma of Jackson's state of mind -- A new organization for new battles.

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Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia.
Confederate States of America. Army > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Regimental histories.
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