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Lee's Lieutenants Vol. 2 - Cedar Mountain to Chancellorsville

By: Scribner Publishing

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Scribner Publishing)

Last Stocked on 3/25/2022

Product Info

Title
Lee's Lieutenants Vol. 2 - Cedar Mountain to Chancellorsville
Category
Author
Douglas Southall Freeman
Publish Year
1972
Pages
760
Dimensions
6.5x9.5x2.25"
NKG Part #
2147838328
Type
Hardcover

Description

Volume one of this magnificent three-volume narrative closed with the Confederate reorganization that followed the Seven Days' battles. In volume two, "Cedar Mountain to Chancellorsville," Douglas Southall Freeman recounts the succession of battles that are among the most celebrated in the history of American warfare.

The Confederacy won resounding victories in 1862-63, but they were seldom won easily or at light cost. Death was always on the heels of fame, but the men who survived -- among them Jackson, Longstreet, and Ewell -- would continue to develop as commanders and as men. In these chapters, a new type of officer arises. He is still learning, still rounding to the full stature of a leader, and combat is still his glory. At second Manassas he is John Hood; at South Mountain he is Robert Rodes; at Sharpsburg he is John Cook, and at Chancellorsville there is a goodly fellowship: Rodes and Ramseur and Pender and Wilcox.