Ramseur Confederate general biography Civil War 1985

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Stephen Dodson Ramseur.  Lee's Gallant General.  By Gary W. Gallagher.  Hardcover, dj is in mylar, pub. 1985, 232 pages.  Very good condition.  Dodson compiled an enviable record as a brigadier in the Army of Northern Virginia.  Commissioned major general the day after his 27th birthday, he was the youngest West Pointer to achieve that rank in the Confederate army.  He later showed great skill as a divisional leader in the 1864 Shenandoah Valley campaign before he was fatally wounded at Cedar Creek.  He led Confederate units at Gettysburg, the Wilderness campaign, Spotsylvania and Early's raid on Washington.
"Based on Ramseur's extensive personal papers as well as on other sources, this absorbing biography examines the life of one of the South's most talented commanders and brings into sharper focus some of the crosscurrents of this turbulent period."
Shipping weight just over 1 pound.