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General Lee (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Name: General Lee (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
Author: Fitzhugh Lee
ISBN: 9781411458376

by Fitzhugh Lee

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Overview

Robert E. Lee never wrote about his military career or campaigns. His nephew, who maintained a close relationship—both on and off the battlefield—with the General, best fills that gap in history with this 1894 biography. Drawing from private papers, the author gives us the famous warrior’s ancestry, early career, role in the Civil War and after, and an assessment of his character—often letting the subject speak for himself.

About the Author, Fitzhugh Lee

Fitzhugh Lee (1835-1905) was the nephew of Robert E. Lee. He resigned as West Point cavalry instructor when Virginia seceded. He was a Confederate cavalry general, the 40th Governor of Virginia, consul-general to Havana, Cuba under President Grover Cleveland, and U.S. Army general in the Spanish-American War.