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1) A glorious army: Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days to Gettysburg
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
©2011
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Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2008
Description
This sweeping history of the Civil War and the Confederacy is told through the lens of its most crucial army, the Army of Northern Virginia commanded by Robert E. Lee. General Lee's Army takes listeners across the Rebel landscape, from campfires to battlefields to their homes, as it portrays a world of life, death, healing, and hardship. Detailing the feelings and conduct of officers and enlisted men throughout the course of the war, it demonstrates...
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University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
c1989
Description
Richard McMurry compares the two largest Confederate armies, assessing why Lee's Army of Northern Virginia was more successful than the Army of Tennessee. His bold conclusion is that Lee's army was a better army--not just one with a better high command. "Sheds new light on how the South lost the Civil War.--American Historical Review"McMurry's mastery of the literature is impressive, and his clear and succinct writing style is a pleasure to read....