Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command

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Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command
is the most colorful and popular of all of Douglas Southall Freeman's works; it is generally considered the most penetrating study ever written of military personalities and tactics during the American Civil War. A sweeping narrative that presents a multiple biography against the flame-shot background of history, it is the story of the great figures of the Army of Northern Virginia who fought under Robert E Lee as they came forward on the stage of war. In this first volume, Manassas to Malvern Hill, Dr Freeman describes the rise and fall of General Beauregard, the growing friction between Jefferson Davis and Joseph E. Johnston, the emergence and failure of a number of military charlatans, and the first display of ability on the part of some new men at a time when the organization developed at Manassas collapsed at Seven Pines. The narrative illumines the rise of "Stonewall" Jackson and traces his progress in the Shenandoah Valley campaign and into Richmond amid the acclaim of the South, accompanies him through the failures during the Seven Days, and then leaves him, with the new army entirely organized, in the center of the stage of history.
Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command
is a large soft book containing 773 pages with several maps. It was published in 1995 by Touchstone. This publication is in good condition, with a small stain on the lower right corner of the first few pages, and comes from the home of a retired teacher who gladly combines postage the best way possible.