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General Robert E. Lee: The True Story of the Infamous "Marble Man": The Life & Legacy of Robert E. Lee, Including Personal Writings, Speeches and Orders
General Robert E. Lee: The True Story of the Infamous "Marble Man": The Life & Legacy of Robert E. Lee, Including Personal Writings, Speeches and Orders
General Robert E. Lee: The True Story of the Infamous "Marble Man": The Life & Legacy of Robert E. Lee, Including Personal Writings, Speeches and Orders
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General Robert E. Lee: The True Story of the Infamous "Marble Man": The Life & Legacy of Robert E. Lee, Including Personal Writings, Speeches and Orders

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This book reveals the incredible life of the legendary General, one of the most prominent figures of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War. It also contains his personal writings which paint a full picture of Lee's life. Robert Edward Lee was an American general known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865.
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Robert E. Lee by John Esten Cooke
Lee's Early Life
The Lees of Virginia
General "Light-horse Harry" Lee
Stratford
Lee's Early Manhood and Career in the United States Army
His Reception at Richmond
Lee in 1861
The War Begins
Lee's Advance Into Western Virginia
Lee's Last Interview With Bishop Meade
In Front of Richmond.
Plan of the Federal Campaign
Johnston Is Wounded
Lee Assigned to the Command
On the Chickahominy
Lee's Plan of Assault
The Retreat
Richmond in Danger
The War Advances Northward
Lee's Manoeuvres
Lee Advances From the Rapidan
Jackson Flanks General Pope
Lee Invades Maryland.
Lee Concentrates at Fredericksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg
Advance of General Hooker
Jackson's Attack and Fall
The Battle of Chancellorsville
Lee's Plans and Objects
The Cavalry-fight at Fleetwood
Lee in Pennsylvania
The Last Charge at Gettysburg
Lee's Retreat Across the Potomac
The Cavalry of Lee's Army
Lee Flanks General Meade
Lee in the Autumn and Winter of 1863
Lee's Last Campaigns and Last Days
First Battles at Petersburg
The Siege of Richmond Begun
The Mine Explosion
The Southern Lines Broken
Lee Evacuates Petersburg
Writings of Robert E. Lee:
Robert E. Lee's Letter Announcing Surrender
Robert E. Lee's Farewell Address to the Army of Northern Virginia
Testimony of General R. E. Lee
General Lee's Final Report of the Pennsylvania Campaign and Battle of Gettysburg
Patriotic Letters of Confederate Leaders
LanguageEnglish
Release dateAug 26, 2017
ISBN9788026879695
General Robert E. Lee: The True Story of the Infamous "Marble Man": The Life & Legacy of Robert E. Lee, Including Personal Writings, Speeches and Orders
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John Esten Cooke

John Esten Cooke was an American novelist, poet and Civil-War veteran best-known for his writings about his home state of Virginia. Although trained as a lawyer, Cooke was able to support himself with his writing from the very beginning of his career, and eventually produced more than 200 published works, including the novels The Virginia Comedians and The Wearing of the Gray, and biographies about General Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. Although Cooke served under General J. E. B. Stuart during the American Civil War, he was not suited to military life and returned to his writing at the war’s end. Cooke died 1886 and is commemorated in the John Esten Cooke Fiction Award, awarded annually by the Military Order of the Stars and Bars.

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