| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 283 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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The American crisis series |
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American crisis series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-267) and index. |
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Chancellorsville and its antecedents -- From the Rappahannock to the Susquehanna -- Gettysburg -- Waltzing with General Meade -- Winter quarters and a new foe -- The furnace of 1864 -- To and across the James -- A mere question of time -- To Appomattox -- The fall of the Confederacy. |
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Print version record. |
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| Summary |
The generalship of Robert E. Lee, the Confederacy's greatest commander, has long fascinated students of the American Civil War. In assessing Lee and his military career, historians have faced the great challenge of explaining how a man who achieved extraordinary battlefield success in 1862-63 ended up surrendering his army and accepting the defeat of his cause in 1865. How, in just under two years, could Lee, the Army of Northern Virginia, and the Confederacy have gone from soaring triumph at Chancellorsville to total defeat at Appomattox Court House? In this reexamination of the last two yea. |
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Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 -- Military leadership.
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Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography.
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Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870. (OCoLC)fst00053327
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Confederate States of America. Army. (OCoLC)fst00539981
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American Civil War (1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
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Lee, Robert E.
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Lee, Robert E. (Soldat)
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Command of troops -- Case studies.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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Maryland -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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Pennsylvania -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.
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HISTORY.
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Command of troops. (OCoLC)fst00869220
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Generals. (OCoLC)fst00939841
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Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
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Maryland. (OCoLC)fst01204739
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Pennsylvania. (OCoLC)fst01204598
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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United States -- Confederate States of America.
(OCoLC)fst01205435
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Virginia. (OCoLC)fst01204597
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Sezessionskrieg (1861-1865)
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Niederlage.
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Südstaaten (USA)
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Sezessionskrieg 1861-1865.
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United States -- Südstaaten.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1850-1900
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Geschichte 1863-1865
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1861-1865
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rafuse, Ethan Sepp, 1968- Robert E. Lee and the fall of the Confederacy, 1863-1865. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2008 9780742551268 (DLC) 2008004350 (OCoLC)192048038 |
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9780742563902 (electronic bk.) |
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0742563901 (electronic bk.) |
