The wartime papers of R.E. Lee. Clifford Dowdey, editor; Louis H. Manarin, associate editor. With connective narratives by Clifford Dowdey and maps by Samuel H. Bryant.

Author: Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.

Edition Statement:1st ed.

Imprint:Boston : Virginia Civil War Commission ; Boston : Little, Brown, [1961].

Descriptionxiv, 994 p. : facsim., maps ; 24 cm.

Note:Mobilizing Virginia April-July 1861 -- Western Virginia August-October 1861 -- Southern coastal defenses November 1861-March 1862 -- Military adviser to Jefferson Davis March-May 1862 -- The seven days June-July 1862 -- Second Manassas July-September 1862 -- Maryland campaign September-November 1862 -- Fredericksburg November-December 1862 -- Prelude to Chancellorsville December 1862-March 1863 -- Chancellorsville April-May 1863 -- Gettysburg campaign May-August 1863 -- Aftermath of Gettysburg August-December 1863 -- Prelude to campaign of 1864 December 1863-April 1864 -- The wilderness and Spotsylvania May 1864 -- North Anna to Petersburg May-June 1864 -- The siege of Petersburg June 1864-February 1865 -- Appomattox February-April 1865.

Bibliography Note:Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [943]-968)

Note:A collection of Lee's official Civil War correspondence--letters, orders, dispatches, and battle reports-complemented by his personal letters to his family

Note:Recommended in American National Biography

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