One of Lee's best men : the Civil War letters of General William Dorsey Pender / edited by William Woods Hassler ; with a new foreword by Brian Wills.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pender, William Dorsey, 1834-1863.

Contributor:

Hassler, William W. (William Woods), 1917-

Standardized Title:

General to his lady

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Generals--Confederate States of America--Correspondence.

Generals.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

United States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.

Confederate States of America. Army--Biography.

Confederate States of America.

Pender, Fanny--Correspondence.

Pender, Fanny.

Pender, William Dorsey, 1834-1863--Correspondence.

Pender, William Dorsey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1999.

Summary:

On the day that Lincoln was inaugurated in 1861, twenty-seven-year-old William Dorsey Pender, en route to the provisional Confederate capital in Montgomery, Alabama, hurriedly scribbled a note to his wife, Fanny. So began a prolific correspondence between a rising Confederate officer and his cherished wife that would last until Pender was mortally wounded at Gettysburg.First published by UNC Press in 1965, Pender's letters are filled with personal details, colorful descriptions, and candid opinions of such important figures as Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, J. E. B. Stuart, and A. P

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; The Letters; Afterword; Appendix: The Family; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-88-908716-4-0

979-88-9313-117-8

0-8078-6975-9

OCLC:

731646884