Record details

• ISBN: 0807819565 (alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780807819562 (alk. paper)
• Physical Description: xii, 231 p. : port. ; 25 cm.
• Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1991.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-219) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Preface -- The mythic Lee -- Lee and the peculiar institution -- Lee secedes -- General Lee -- The magnanimous adversary -- The price of honor -- Lee after the war -- The Lee tradition and Civil War history -- Appendix A: Lee's letter of January 11, 1865, concerning the institution of slavery -- Appendix B: Lee's letter of February 25, 1868, concerning his resignation and the Virginia commission -- Appendix C: An army commander's authority to surrender -- Notes -- Bibliography of works cited -- Index.

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Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Historiography.
Generals > United States > Biography > History and criticism.
Generals > Southern States > Biography > History and criticism.
Lee, Robert E. (Soldat)
Sezessionskrieg (1861-1865)
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