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

Dowdey, Clifford

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9780803265950: Lee's Last Campaign: The Story of Lee and His Men Against Grant-1864

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ISBN 10: 0803265956 ISBN 13: 9780803265950

Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr, 1993

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No history is more beautifully written than this one covering General Robert E. Lee's last campaign with the Army of Northern Virginia from early May to mid-June of 1864. Here the aging Lee is shown improvising strategy with a brilliance that cannot reduce the hopelessness of his situation. With the ghost of a once great army, he is caught between the overwhelming might of the Union forces and the crippling restrictions of his own government.

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Lee's Last Campaign is cinematic in its vividness and immediacy, a triumph of style and substance by Clifford Dowdey, the author of The Seven Days: The Emergence of Lee (1964), also reprinted as a Bison Book. Robert K. Krick, the author of Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain (1990), has written an introduction for both books.

Review:

"A distinguished study of Lee's operations from the Wilderness to Petersburg. Dowdey is both exciting and provocative as he analyzes the frustrating restrictions which surrounded Lee during this crucial campaign."—David Donald, New York Herald Tribune (David Donald New York Herald Tribune )

"In many ways this is the best study yet made of Lee’s last desperate campaign in the open field."—Bruce Catton, New York Times Book Review (Bruce Catton New York Times Book Review )

"[Dowdey's work is noted for] readability, historical accuracy, a feeling for human character and motives, and a talent for narrative. . . . The evaluation of Lee alone is a superbly perceptive piece of writing. Highly recommended."—Library Journal (Library Journal )

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