Lee's Last Campaign: The Story of Lee and His Men Against Grant--1864

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Barnes & Noble Books, 1994 - Biography & Autobiography - 415 pages
By May 1864, General Robert E. Lee had been transformed from a young soldier into a gray-haired patriarch of the Confederate cause. As Lee struggled to keep his ragged soldiers alive, he faced pressure from two fronts. Grant's Union Army not only had superior numbers, but a steadfast infra-structure or railroads and industrialized supply routes. "Lee's Last Campaign" is a triumph of historic research and elegant writing. In this essential analysis of General Lee's military strategy, Dowdey follows the triumphs and tragedies of the Army of Northern Virginia as it breathed its last gasps at the end of the Civil War.

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The Weight of Empire
3
There Will Be Nothing Left for Us to Live for
34
The Army Was Put in Motion Today
61
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