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Robert E. Lee : a life / Allen C. Guelzo.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection E467.1.L4 G84 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guelzo, Allen C., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
- United States.
- Virginia--Biography.
- Virginia.
- Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.
- Lee, Robert E.
- Generals--United States--Biography.
- Generals.
- Generals--Confederate States of America--Biography.
- Confederate States of America. Army--Biography.
- Confederate States of America.
- United States. Army--Biography.
- Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century.
- Slavery.
- Lee family.
- Custis family.
- Confederate States of America. Army.
- United States. Army.
- Military campaigns.
- United States--Confederate States of America.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 588 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
- Summary:
- "From the acclaimed author of Gettysburg: The Last Invasion--a sweeping, singularly immediate, and intimate biography of the Confederate general and his fateful decision to betray his nation in order to defend his home state and uphold the slave system he claimed to oppose"-- Provided by publisher
- Lee betrayed his nation in order to defend his home state and uphold the slave system he claimed to oppose. He was a traitor to the country he swore to serve as an Army officer, and yet he was admired even by his enemies for his composure and leadership. He considered slavery immoral, but benefited from inherited slaves and fought to defend the institution. Guelzo follows Lee from his refined upbringing in Virginia high society, to his long career in the U.S. Army, his agonized decision to side with Virginia when it seceded from the Union, and his leadership during the Civil War. Above all, Guelzo captures Robert E. Lee in all his complexity: hypocrisy and courage, outward calm and inner turmoil, honor and his disloyalty.
- Contents:
- Prologue: The mystery of Robert E. Lee
- The garden spot of Virginia
- The making of an engineer
- Marriage and the third system
- Mission to the Mississippi
- Ruling the Aztec sky
- To serve as a model for the mighty world
- The unpleasant legacy
- I will cling to it to the last
- The decisions
- This is not the way to accomplish our independence
- To dash against mine enemy and to win
- The Savior of Richmond
- It is well this is so terrible!
- In this heathen war the fire of God fills him
- I consider my presence here always necessary
- We must destroy this army of Grant's
- Just as I have expected it would end from the first
- An indictment for treason
- Every student must be a gentleman
- From the great deep to the great deep he goes
- Epilogue: The crime and the glory of Robert E. Lee.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Schaffer fund bookplate.
- Other Format:
- Online version:
- Guelzo, Allen C. Robert E. Lee
- Online version: Guelzo, Allen C. Lee.
- ISBN:
- 9781101946220
- 1101946229
- 1101912227
- 9781101912225
- OCLC:
- 1227789882
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