UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ ROBERT E. LEE IN LOVE AND WAR
... The study consists of the following: In the theoretical background, there is a chapter about North and South books and a section about the author, John Jakes. This is followed by a review of some of the previous literary studies and other alternative methodology into literary analysis, with somewhat ...
... The study consists of the following: In the theoretical background, there is a chapter about North and South books and a section about the author, John Jakes. This is followed by a review of some of the previous literary studies and other alternative methodology into literary analysis, with somewhat ...
... meeting in Richmond to address the secession crisis determined to sever their ties to the Union.15 Lee had been called back to Washington from his command in Texas in March 1861—in fact had been promoted by the new president—and he was viewed by the army commander, Gen. Winfield Scott, as one of his ...
2002 vol24 no2 - Fauquier Historical Society
... cially during the tumultuous years of the Civil War. Before the beginning of hostilities, Robert and Mary Custis Lee had made Arlington House their home; it was the place where Mary awaited her husband's return from extended military duty. Arlington House was also where six of their seven children w ...
... cially during the tumultuous years of the Civil War. Before the beginning of hostilities, Robert and Mary Custis Lee had made Arlington House their home; it was the place where Mary awaited her husband's return from extended military duty. Arlington House was also where six of their seven children w ...
The Leadership of
... The price of having sided with Virginia during the war was that he lost everything. He lost his home; he lost his investments. One of his children died during the war, [along] with two grandchildren. He lost countless friends and saw the state that he valued [highest] among all other loyalties devas ...
... The price of having sided with Virginia during the war was that he lost everything. He lost his home; he lost his investments. One of his children died during the war, [along] with two grandchildren. He lost countless friends and saw the state that he valued [highest] among all other loyalties devas ...
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... commanding officers. Similar to Stewart, in 1963 Shelby Foote wrote a monumental text, The Civil War – A Narrative: Fredericksburg to Meridian, painstakingly detailing every aspect of the Gettysburg campaign from start to finish. Through the usage of anecdotes from not only the exceptional heroes, b ...
... commanding officers. Similar to Stewart, in 1963 Shelby Foote wrote a monumental text, The Civil War – A Narrative: Fredericksburg to Meridian, painstakingly detailing every aspect of the Gettysburg campaign from start to finish. Through the usage of anecdotes from not only the exceptional heroes, b ...
James and Daniels Robert E. Lee Fabulous Presentation
... area where George Washington was still a living memory. • His father died at Cumberland Island, Georgia, March 25, ...
... area where George Washington was still a living memory. • His father died at Cumberland Island, Georgia, March 25, ...
Letter To His Son
... • Most Authors at the time took a side: for the North, or for the South • Lee though, a southerner, tried to bridge that gap and was not ignorant of the Union’s side • Shaped times: May have allowed more people to see both sides ...
... • Most Authors at the time took a side: for the North, or for the South • Lee though, a southerner, tried to bridge that gap and was not ignorant of the Union’s side • Shaped times: May have allowed more people to see both sides ...
Robert E. Lee
Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was an American soldier known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865. The son of Revolutionary War officer Henry ""Light Horse Harry"" Lee III, Lee was a top graduate of the United States Military Academy and an exceptional officer and Military engineer in the United States Army for 32 years. During this time, he served throughout the United States, distinguished himself during the Mexican–American War, served as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, and married Mary Custis.When Virginia declared its secession from the Union in April 1861, Lee chose to follow his home state, despite his personal desire for the country to remain intact and despite an offer of a senior Union command. During the first year of the Civil War, Lee served as a senior military adviser to President Jefferson Davis. Once he took command of the main field army in 1862 he soon emerged as a shrewd tactician and battlefield commander, winning most of his battles, all against far superior Union armies. Lee's strategic foresight was more questionable, and both of his major offensives into Union territory ended in defeat. Lee's aggressive tactics, which resulted in high casualties at a time when the Confederacy had a shortage of manpower, have come under criticism in recent years. Union General Ulysses S. Grant's campaigns bore down on the Confederacy in 1864 and 1865, and despite inflicting heavy casualties, Lee was unable to turn the war's tide. He surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. By this time, Lee had assumed supreme command of the remaining Southern armies; other Confederate forces swiftly capitulated after his surrender. Lee rejected the proposal of a sustained insurgency against the Union and called for reconciliation between the two sides.After the war, as President of what is now Washington and Lee University, Lee supported President Andrew Johnson's program of Reconstruction and intersectional friendship, while opposing the Radical Republican proposals to give freed slaves the vote and take the vote away from ex-Confederates. He urged them to rethink their position between the North and the South, and the reintegration of former Confederates into the nation's political life. Lee became the great Southern hero of the War, a postwar icon of the ""Lost Cause of the Confederacy"" to some. But his popularity grew even in the North, especially after his death in 1870. Barracks at West Point built in 1962 are named after him.