Fitz Lee : a military biography of Major General Fitzhugh Lee, C.S.A. / Edward G. Longacre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Longacre, Edward G., 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905.

Lee, Fitzhugh.

Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry--Biography.

Confederate States of America.

Generals--Confederate States of America--Biography.

Generals.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Cavalry operations.

United States.

Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Cavalry operations.

Virginia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 277 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Lincoln ; London : University of Nebraska Press, [2005]

Summary:

As the grandson of Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee and the nephew of Robert E. Lee, Fitzhugh Lee-nicknamed "Fitz"-was born into one of Virginia's most distinguished families. Upon graduation from West Point, Fitz Lee served in the U.S. Army until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he joined the Confederate cavalry forces. After participating in the Peninsula Campaign, he rapidly rose in rank, promoted first to brigadier general in July 1862, then to major general in the fall of 1863. Only twenty-seven years old, he commanded with distinction at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. Severely wounded in 1864, he subsequently returned to service and was promoted to commander of the cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia, which he led during the final campaigns of the war. After the war Fitz Lee served as governor of Virginia, commander of the U.S. Volunteers in the Spanish-American War, and postwar occupation commander in Cuba. He also wrote many popular works of military history and biography; his biography of Robert E. Lee is still in print. Acclaimed Civil War author Edward G. Longacre has combed family records, West Point cadet files, and the National Archives to produce a lively biography of one of the South's youngest and ablest cavalry commanders-a man who later became one of America's most distinguished military leaders.

Contents:

A son of old Virginia

The rough service of the horse

An officer of rare merit

Raiding and reconnoitering

Brigade command

"I cannot spare Genl Fitz Lee"

A sack of coffee beans

What a sight presented itself!

Armageddon and after

Division command

Life after Stuart

Corps command

From model farmer to second redeemer

"Our peerless 'Old Fitz'".

Notes:

Originally published: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-269) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780803274556

0803274556