The wartime papers of R.E. Lee

"This monumental contribution to the literature of the Civil War brings together Leeʼs official correspondence -- letters, orders, dispatches, battle reports -- with his touching letters to his family, thus providing a previously unavailable view of Leeʼs life during the war. From the more than 6,000 items, the editors have chosen to reprint many letters in full for the first time, so that Lee is seen complete, self-revealed, in all his dignity and purpose. Short narratives connect each section -- on the mobilization of Virginia, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, and the siege of Petersburg and Appomattox. Sponsored by the Virginia Civil War Commission to commemorate the Civil War Centennial, this expert work of scholarship dramatizes Leeʼs life as only his own correspondence could. As Lee himself said: ʺLetters are good representatives of our minds. They certainly present a good criterion for judging of the character of the individual.ʺ -- from Amazon.com."
"A collection of Lee's official Civil War correspondence--letters, orders, dispatches, and battle reports-complemented by his personal letters to his family."
"A collection of Lee's official Civil War correspondence--letters, orders, dispatches, and battle reports-complemented by his personal letters to his family."@en