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Letters From Lees Army Or Memoirs Of Life In And Out Of The Army In Virginia During The War Between The States
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Book Synopsis Letters from Lee's Army by : Charles Minor Blackford
Download or read book Letters from Lee's Army written by Charles Minor Blackford and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Minor Blackford was a Virginia aristocrat who fought for the Confederacy as much out of obligation to his class and region as for political reasons. Letters from Lee's Army presents the correspondence between Captain Blackford and his wife, Susan Leigh Blackford, during the war. While Captain Blackford writes of the rigors of campaigning-the dramatically bad food, the constant dysentery, the cold and wet-we see the stoic Susan Blackford gradually relying less and less on her husband to make decisions. During the course of the war Susan Blackford lost her home, three children, and her belongings to the struggle, all without the camaraderie and sustaining sense of purpose known to the soldier. These letters emphasize the stresses that war and separation can place on a marriage. Blackford enlisted in the Second Virginia Cavalry at the outset of the war and in 1863 was posted to Longstreet's Corps. Most of his service was in northern Virginia around the Rappahannock and the Rapidan Rivers, in the Shenandoah Valley, and with Lee's army at Gettysburg. In 1864 Blackford went west with Longstreet's army to Chattanooga, and he returned with Longstreet for the war's final days. This Bison Books edition is introduced by Gordon C. Rhea, the author of The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864 and The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern.
Book Synopsis Letters from Lee's Army Or Memoirs of Life in and Out of the Army in Virginia During the War Between the States by : Susan Leigh Blackford
Download or read book Letters from Lee's Army Or Memoirs of Life in and Out of the Army in Virginia During the War Between the States written by Susan Leigh Blackford and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Book Synopsis Letters from Lee's Army Or Memoirs of Life in and Out of the Army in Virginia During the War Between the States by : Susan Leigh Blackford
Download or read book Letters from Lee's Army Or Memoirs of Life in and Out of the Army in Virginia During the War Between the States written by Susan Leigh Blackford and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1947 edition.
Book Synopsis Letters from Lee's Army by : Colston Blackford
Download or read book Letters from Lee's Army written by Colston Blackford and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Letters from Lee's Army; Or, Memoirs of Life in and Out of the Army in Virginia During the War Between the States by : Charles Minor Blackford
Download or read book Letters from Lee's Army; Or, Memoirs of Life in and Out of the Army in Virginia During the War Between the States written by Charles Minor Blackford and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Letters from Lee's Army by : Susan Leigh Blackford
Download or read book Letters from Lee's Army written by Susan Leigh Blackford and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This author was a Virginia aristocrat who fought for the Confederacy as much out of obligation to his class & region as for political reasons. Letter from Lee's Army presents the correspondence between the author & his wife, during the war. While he writes of the rigors of campaigning - the dramatically bad food, the constant dysentery, the cold & wet - we see the stoic wife gradually relying less & less on her husband to make decisions. During the course of the war she lost her home, three children, & her belongings to the struggle, all without the camaraderie & sustaining sense of purpose known to the soldier. These letters emphasize the stresses that war & separation can place on a marriage. The author enlisted in the Second Virginia Cavalry at the onset of the war & in 1863 was posted to Longstreet's Corps. Most of his service was in northern Virginia around the Rappahannock & the Rapidan Rivers, in the Shenandoah Valley, & with Lee's army at Gettysburg. In 1864 he went west with Longstreet's army to Chattanooga, & he returned with Longstreet for the war's final days.
Book Synopsis Confederate General R.S. Ewell by : Paul D. Casdorph
Download or read book Confederate General R.S. Ewell written by Paul D. Casdorph and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Stoddert Ewell is best known as the Confederate General selected by Robert E. Lee to replace "Stonewall" Jackson as chief of the Second Corps in the Army of Northern Virginia. Ewell is also remembered as the general who failed to drive Federal troops from the high ground of Cemetery Hill and Culp's Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg. Many historians believe that Ewell's inaction cost the Confederates a victory in this seminal battle and, ultimately, cost the Civil War. During his long military career, Ewell was never an aggressive warrior. He graduated from West Point and served in the Indian wars in Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, and Arizona. In 1861 he resigned his commission in the U.S. Army and rushed to the Confederate standard. Ewell saw action at First Manassas and took up divisional command under Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign and in the Seven Days' Battles around Richmond. A crippling wound and a leg amputation soon compounded the persistent manic-depressive disorder that had hindered his ability to make difficult decisions on the battlefield. When Lee reorganized the Army of Northern Virginia in May of 1863, Ewell was promoted to lieutenant general. At the same time he married a widowed first cousin who came to dominate his life -- often to the disgust of his subordinate officers -- and he became heavily influenced by the wave of religious fervor that was then sweeping through the Confederate Army. In Confederate General R.S. Ewell, Paul D. Casdorph offers a fresh portrait of a major -- but deeply flawed -- figure in the Confederate war effort, examining the pattern of hesitancy and indecisiveness that characterized Ewell's entire military career. This definitive biography probes the crucial question of why Lee selected such an obviously inconsistent and unreliable commander to lead one-third of his army on the eve of the Gettysburg Campaign. Casdorph describes Ewell's intriguing life and career with penetrating insights into his loyalty to the Confederate cause and the Virginia ties that kept him in Lee's favor for much of the war. Complete with riveting descriptions of key battles, Ewell's biography is essential reading for Civil War historians.
Book Synopsis Letters from Lee's Army by : Susan L. Blackford
Download or read book Letters from Lee's Army written by Susan L. Blackford and published by . This book was released on 1983-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This author was a Virginia aristocrat who fought for the Confederacy as much out of obligation to his class & region as for political reasons. Letter from Lee's Army presents the correspondence between the author & his wife, during the war. While he writes of the rigors of campaigning - the dramatically bad food, the constant dysentery, the cold & wet - we see the stoic wife gradually relying less & less on her husband to make decisions. During the course of the war she lost her home, three children, & her belongings to the struggle, all without the camaraderie & sustaining sense of purpose known to the soldier. These letters emphasize the stresses that war & separation can place on a marriage. The author enlisted in the Second Virginia Cavalry at the onset of the war & in 1863 was posted to Longstreet's Corps. Most of his service was in northern Virginia around the Rappahannock & the Rapidan Rivers, in the Shenandoah Valley, & with Lee's army at Gettysburg. In 1864 he went west with Longstreet's army to Chattanooga, & he returned with Longstreet for the war's final days.
Book Synopsis Army Life in Virginia by : George Grenville Benedict
Download or read book Army Life in Virginia written by George Grenville Benedict and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George G. Benedict was one of thousands of young men who enlisted for the Union cause in the late summer of 1862 when the outcome of the Civil War was yet to be decided. But in addition to his duties as a soldier, Benedict also worked as a correspondent for his hometown newspaper, the Burlington (Vermont) Free Press. Benedict's thirty-one letters gave the folks back home a firsthand account of army life in the Civil War. Now, by supplementing these letters with official documents, newspaper accounts, and comrade's letters, editor Eric Ward expands on this account, providing a fuller and more accurate picture of army life in Virginia.
Book Synopsis Army Life in Virginia by : George Grenville Benedict
Download or read book Army Life in Virginia written by George Grenville Benedict and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee by : Robert Edward Lee
Download or read book Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee written by Robert Edward Lee and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book details Robert E Lee's life before, during and after the Civil War.
Book Synopsis Letters From Lee's Army by : Susan L. Blackford
Download or read book Letters From Lee's Army written by Susan L. Blackford and published by . This book was released on 1982-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee by : Robert Lee
Download or read book Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee written by Robert Lee and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-29 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The letters and reminiscences of General Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate Army in the Civil War, collected by his son. Topics covered include:Captain Lee, of the Engineers, The family pets, Home from the Mexican War, Three years in Baltimore, Superintendent of the West Point Military Academy, Lieutenant-Colonel of Second Cavalry, Supresses "John Brown Raid" at Harper''s Ferry, Commands the Department of Taxes, Resigns from Colonelcy of First United States Cavalry, Motives for this step, Chosen to command Virginia forces, Anxiety about his wife, family, and possessions, Chief advisor to President Davis, Battle of Manassas, Military operations in West Virginia, Letter to State Governor, From Camp on Sewell''s Mountain, Quotation from Colonel Taylor''s book, From Professor Wm. P. Trent, From Mr. Davis''s Memorial Address, Defense of Southern ports, Christmas, 1861, The General visits his father''s grave, Commands, under the President, all the armies of the Confederate States, Volunteer in Rockbridge Artillery, "Four Years with General Lee" quoted, Meeting between father and son, Personal characteristics of the General, Death of his daughter Annie, His son Robert raised from the ranks, the horses, "Grace Darling" and "Traveller", Fredricksburg, Freeing slaves, The General''s sympathy for his suffering soldiers, Chancellorsville, Death of "Stonewall" Jackson, General Fitzhugh Lee wounded and captured, Escape of his brother Robert, Gettysburg, Religious revival, Infantry review, Unsatisfactory commissariat, The Lee family in Richmond, The General''s letters to them from Camps Rappahannock and Rapidan, Death of Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee, Preparations to meet General Grant, The Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Death of General Stuart, General Lee''s illness, Battle of Cold Harbour, Siege of Petersburg, The General intrusts a mission to his son Robert, Battle of the Crater, Grant crosses the James River, General Long''s pen-picture of Lee, Knitting socks for the soldiers, A Christmas dinner, Incidents of camp life, Fort Fisher captured, Lee made Commander-in-Chief, Battle of Five Forks, The General''s farewell to his men, His reception in Richmond after the surrender, President Davis hears the news, Lee''s visitors, His son Robert turns farmer, Lee''s conception of the part, His influence exerted toward the restoration of Virginia, He visits old friends throughout the country, Receives offers of positions, Compares notes with the Union General Hunter, Longs for a country home, Finds one at "Derwent," near Cartersville, Patriotic motives for acceptance of trust, Condition of college, The General''s arrival at Lexington, He prepares for the removal of his family to that city, Advice to Robert Junior, Trip to "Bremo" on private canal-boat, Mrs. Lee''s invalidism, Photographs and autographs in demand, The General''s interest in young people, His happy home life, Labours at Washington College, He gains financial aid for it, Worsley''s translation of Homer dedicated to him, Tributes from other English scholars, His intention to write the history of his Virginia campaigns, Called before a committee of Congress, Preaches patience and silence in the South, Shuns controversy and publicity, Corresponds with an Englishman, Herbert C. Saunders, The General writes to his sons, To his wife at Rockbridge Baths, He joins her there about once a week, Distinguished and undistinguished callers at his Lexington home, He advocates early hours, His fondness for animals, Letters to Mildred Lee, To Robert, To Fitzhugh, Interviewed by Swinton, historian of the Army of the Potomac, Improvement in grounds and buildings of Washington College, Punctuality a prominent trait of its President, A strong supporter of the Y.M.C.A., An incident about "Traveller", The General''s love for children, His friendship with Ex-President Davis, A ride with his daughter to the Peaks of Otter, Mildred Lee''s narrative, Mrs. Lee at the White Sulphur Springs, College President.
Book Synopsis Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee by : Robert E. Lee
Download or read book Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee written by Robert E. Lee and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General Lee was a prolific writer, seemingly writing letters almost every day of his life, although he never really wrote his own memoirs. This book presents an extraordinary historical account, which allows us to learn the personality of the great Confederate leader through his everyday actions, like walking with his favorite dog or talking with his family members.
Book Synopsis A Gunner in Lee's Army by : Graham T. Dozier
Download or read book A Gunner in Lee's Army written by Graham T. Dozier and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In May 1861, Virginian Thomas Henry Carter (1831–1908) raised an artillery battery and joined the Confederate army. Over the next four years, he rose steadily in rank from captain to colonel, placing him among the senior artillerists in Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. During the war, Carter wrote more than 100 revealing letters to his wife, Susan, about his service. His interactions with prominent officers--including Lee, Jubal A. Early, John B. Gordon, Robert E. Rodes, and others--come to life in Carter's astute comments about their conduct and personalities. Combining insightful observations on military operations, particularly of the Battles of Antietam and Spotsylvania Court House and the 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, with revealing notes on the home front and the debate over the impressment and arming of slaves, Carter's letters are particularly interesting because his writing is not overly burdened by the rhetoric of the southern ruling class. Here, Graham Dozier offers the definitive edition of Carter's letters, meticulously transcribed and carefully annotated. This impressive collection provides a wealth of Carter's unvarnished opinions of the people and events that shaped his wartime experience, shedding new light on Lee's army and Confederate life in Virginia.
Book Synopsis Lee's Last Casualty by : Robert W. Parker
Download or read book Lee's Last Casualty written by Robert W. Parker and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consists of the letters to and from Robert W. Parker, believed to be the last man in the Army of Northern Virginia to be killed in action during the Civil War. Letters describe the daily camp life of enlisted men and provide some details on various campaigns involving the 2nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment between 1861 and 1865.
Book Synopsis To Petersburg with the Army of the Potomac by : Levi Bird Duff
Download or read book To Petersburg with the Army of the Potomac written by Levi Bird Duff and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-09-12 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The letters of Levi Bird Duff present a perceptive picture of life in the Army of the Potomac from 1861 to 1864. They are unusual for their literacy, descriptions and continuity, the strength of opinions expressed, and their source: a private who rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel, thus a witness of the army at several levels. Leadership, organizational, weather, and morale problems that plagued Union troops are made clear. Written only for the eyes of Duff's love, the messages reflect the tension experienced by many soldiers between the conflicting calls of duty and affection.
