Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee was the most heroic figure of the Civil War; but to many, he is a solitary figure. This book fleshes out the man, as well as probing the workings of a great military mind and a warm, understanding and generous human being. It shows all the facets of the General during the war; at the conclusion, when he was an outspoken proponent of a reasonable peace which would allow the South to rejoin the Union; and after the war, when he served as President of Washington College, when he became a driving force for the creation of a viable educational system. This anthology shows all these facets of the General, through his correspondence and through the revealing insight supplied by his son.Lee, Robert E. is the author of 'Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee', published 2000 under ISBN 9780788192258 and ISBN 0788192256.