Download or read book Recollections and Letters of General Robert E Lee Civil War Classics written by Robert E. Lee and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2014-06-24 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the end of the Civil War, Diversion Books is publishing seminal works of the era: stories told by the men and women who led, who fought, and who lived in an America that had come apart at the seams. The commander of the Confederacy, “Light Horse Harry” remains one of the most fascinating figures of the American Civil War. These are his letters, the personal thoughts and insights from the great military mind and icon of the era.

Download or read book Recollections and Letters of General Robert E Lee written by Robert E. Lee and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General Lee was a prolific writer, seemingly writing letters almost every day of his life, although he never really wrote his own memoirs. This book presents an extraordinary historical account, which allows us to learn the personality of the great Confederate leader through his everyday actions, like walking with his favorite dog or talking with his family members.

Download or read book Recollections and Letters of General Robert E Lee written by Robert E. Lee and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-13 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As the old hero lay in the darkened room, or with the lamp and hearth-fire casting shadows upon his calm, noble front, all the missing grandeur of his form, and face and brow remained; and death seemed to lose its terrors and to borrow a grace and dignity in sublime keeping with the life that was ebbing away. The great mind sank to its last repose, almost with the equal poise of health. The few broken utterances that evinced at times a wandering intellect were spoken under the influence of the remedies administered; but as long as consciousness lasted there was evidence that all the high, controlling influences of his whole life still ruled; and even when stupor was laying its cold hand on the intellectual perceptions, the moral nature, with its complete orb of duties and affections, still asserted itself. A southern poet has celebrated in song these last significant words, 'Strike the tent': and a thousand voices were raised to give meaning to the uncertain sound, when the dying man said, with emphasis, 'Tell Hill he must come up!' These sentences serve to show most touchingly through what fields the imagination was passing; but generally his words, though few, were coherent; but for the most part, indeed, his silence was unbroken. From the archives comes the Civil War Classic Library. Dozens of books out of print for years is now back in print for the casual reader and the collector.Now is the time to collect and build a classic library and get them all before they fall out of print forever replaced by digital files.

Download or read book Recollections and Letters of General Robert E Lee written by Robert Edward Lee and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book details Robert E Lee's life before, during and after the Civil War.

Download or read book Recollections and Letters of General Robert E Lee Large Print written by Robert E. Lee and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revered in his lifetime, Robert E. Lee achieved legendary status after his death. This memoir by Lee's son gathers a wealth of material written by the General, offering rare glimpses of the man behind the uniform, with scenes from family life and touching letters from a loving husband and father.

Download or read book Recollections and Letters of General Robert E Lee written by Robert E. Lee and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-08-25 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revered in his lifetime, Robert E. Lee achieved legendary status after his death. This memoir by Lee's son gathers a wealth of material written by the General, offering rare glimpses of the man behind the uniform, with scenes from family life and touching letters from a loving husband and father.

Download or read book Recollections and Letters of General Robert E Lee written by Robert Lee and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Robert E. Lee gathered his memories of his family and life in Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee (1904). The first-hand account provides a valuable source of information on day-to-day life at Arlington House during his youth, and includes many items of interest regarding his father's entire life.

Download or read book Recollections and Letters of General Robert E Lee written by Robert E. Lee and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why buy our paperbacks? Standard Font size of 10 for all books High Quality Paper Fulfilled by Amazon Expedited shipping 30 Days Money Back Guarantee BEWARE of Low-quality sellers Don't buy cheap paperbacks just to save a few dollars. Most of them use low-quality papers & binding. Their pages fall off easily. Some of them even use very small font size of 6 or less to increase their profit margin. It makes their books completely unreadable. How is this book unique? Unabridged (100% Original content) Font adjustments & biography included Illustrated About Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee by Robert E. Lee Robert Edward "Rob" Lee, Jr. (October 27, 1843 - October 19, 1914) was the youngest of three sons of Confederate General Robert Edward Lee, Sr. and Mary Anna Randolph Custis, and the sixth of their seven children. He became a soldier during the American Civil War, and later was a planter, businessman, and author. Rob Lee was born and raised at Arlington House across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. He attended boarding schools during much of the 1850s, while his father, a career U.S. Army officer, was serving in the Mexican-American War and as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Unlike his father and two older brothers, Rob apparently never envisioned a military career, never serving in the United States Army. In 1860, he enrolled at the University of Virginia. Rob Lee was born and raised at Arlington House across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. He attended boarding schools during much of the 1850s, while his father, a career U.S. Army officer, was serving in the Mexican-American War and as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Unlike his father and two older brothers, Rob apparently never envisioned a military career, never serving in the United States Army. In 1860, he enrolled at the University of Virginia.All four Lees survived the Civil War. After the war, Rob lived and farmed Romancoke Plantation on the north bank of the Pamunkey River in King William County, which he inherited from his maternal grandfather George Washington Parke Custis. Romancoke was located approximately four miles from the Town of West Point. Rob also became a writer, gathering his memories of his family and life in Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee (1904). The first-hand account provides a valuable source of information on day-to-day life at Arlington House during his youth, and includes many items of interest regarding his father's entire life. (see link for online portion of this book below) However, some are now offended by racial views expressed therein. Robert E. Lee, Jr. died in 1914. He was interred with his parents and siblings in the Lee Chapel in Lexington, Virginia, where his father and brother Custis each had served as a president of the college now known as Washington and Lee University.

Download or read book Recollections and Letters of General Robert E Lee written by Robert Edward Lee and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-03-09 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the exception of George Washington, perhaps the most famous general in American history is Robert E. Lee (January 19, 1807 - October 12, 1870), despite the fact he led the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia against the Union in the Civil War. As the son of U.S. Revolutionary War hero Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee III, and a relative of Martha Custis Washington, Lee was imbued with a strong sense of honor and duty from the beginning. And as a top graduate of West Point, Lee had distinguished himself so well before the Civil War that President Lincoln asked him to command the entire Union Army. Lee famously declined, serving his home state of Virginia instead after it seceded. Lee is remembered today for constantly defeating the Union's Army of the Potomac in the Eastern theater from 1862-1865, considerably frustrating Lincoln and his generals. His leadership of his army led to him being deified after the war by some of his former subordinates, especially Virginians, and he came to personify the Lost Cause's ideal Southern soldier. His reputation was secured in the decades after the war as a general who brilliantly led his men to amazing victories against all odds. Despite his successes and his legacy, Lee wasn't perfect. And of all the battles Lee fought in, he was most criticized for Gettysburg, particularly his order of Pickett's Charge on the third and final day of the war. Despite the fact his principle subordinate and corps leader, General James Longstreet, advised against the charge, Lee went ahead with it, ending the army's defeat at Gettysburg with a violent climax that left half of the men who charged killed or wounded. Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee was compiled by his son, Captain Robert E. Lee, Jr. It remains the best source about Robert E. Lee and his non-military life.

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Download or read book Recollections and Letters of General Robert E Lee Classic Reprint written by Robert Edward Lee and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee There was Visiting us at this time Mrs. Lippitt, a friend Of my mother's, with her little boy, Armistead, about my age and size, also with long curls. Whether he wore as handsome a suit as mine I cannot remember, but he and I were left together in the background, feeling rather frightened and awed. After a moment's greeting to those surrounding him, my father pushed through the crowd, exclaiming. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Recollections and Letters of General Robert E Lee written by Robert Edward Lee and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-14 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Robert E. Lee did not live to complete his work on the campaigns in Virginia during the American Civil War, who better than Captain Robert E. Lee, Jr. to compile this wonderful collection of memories.Here is the great general in letters and conversation about the war, about family, about honor, about horses and many other topics. Here he reveals who he thought was the greatest Union general. Here is his resignation from the U.S. Army giving his reasons for leaving.A loving father and husband, this book brings you the intimate Lee. It shows his great affection for his children, grandchildren, and the spouses of his children.Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.

Download or read book The Recollections and Letters of General Robert E Lee written by Robert E. Lee, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2000-06 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 mil. 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 Pres. of Wash. College, when he became a driving force for the creation of a viable educ'l. system. This anthology shows all these facets of the General, through his correspondence and through the revealing insight supplied by his son.

Download or read book Recollections and Letters of General Robert E Lee written by Robert Lee and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-29 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The letters and reminiscences of General Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate Army in the Civil War, collected by his son. Topics covered include:Captain Lee, of the Engineers, The family pets, Home from the Mexican War, Three years in Baltimore, Superintendent of the West Point Military Academy, Lieutenant-Colonel of Second Cavalry, Supresses "John Brown Raid" at Harper''s Ferry, Commands the Department of Taxes, Resigns from Colonelcy of First United States Cavalry, Motives for this step, Chosen to command Virginia forces, Anxiety about his wife, family, and possessions, Chief advisor to President Davis, Battle of Manassas, Military operations in West Virginia, Letter to State Governor, From Camp on Sewell''s Mountain, Quotation from Colonel Taylor''s book, From Professor Wm. P. Trent, From Mr. Davis''s Memorial Address, Defense of Southern ports, Christmas, 1861, The General visits his father''s grave, Commands, under the President, all the armies of the Confederate States, Volunteer in Rockbridge Artillery, "Four Years with General Lee" quoted, Meeting between father and son, Personal characteristics of the General, Death of his daughter Annie, His son Robert raised from the ranks, the horses, "Grace Darling" and "Traveller", Fredricksburg, Freeing slaves, The General''s sympathy for his suffering soldiers, Chancellorsville, Death of "Stonewall" Jackson, General Fitzhugh Lee wounded and captured, Escape of his brother Robert, Gettysburg, Religious revival, Infantry review, Unsatisfactory commissariat, The Lee family in Richmond, The General''s letters to them from Camps Rappahannock and Rapidan, Death of Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee, Preparations to meet General Grant, The Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Death of General Stuart, General Lee''s illness, Battle of Cold Harbour, Siege of Petersburg, The General intrusts a mission to his son Robert, Battle of the Crater, Grant crosses the James River, General Long''s pen-picture of Lee, Knitting socks for the soldiers, A Christmas dinner, Incidents of camp life, Fort Fisher captured, Lee made Commander-in-Chief, Battle of Five Forks, The General''s farewell to his men, His reception in Richmond after the surrender, President Davis hears the news, Lee''s visitors, His son Robert turns farmer, Lee''s conception of the part, His influence exerted toward the restoration of Virginia, He visits old friends throughout the country, Receives offers of positions, Compares notes with the Union General Hunter, Longs for a country home, Finds one at "Derwent," near Cartersville, Patriotic motives for acceptance of trust, Condition of college, The General''s arrival at Lexington, He prepares for the removal of his family to that city, Advice to Robert Junior, Trip to "Bremo" on private canal-boat, Mrs. Lee''s invalidism, Photographs and autographs in demand, The General''s interest in young people, His happy home life, Labours at Washington College, He gains financial aid for it, Worsley''s translation of Homer dedicated to him, Tributes from other English scholars, His intention to write the history of his Virginia campaigns, Called before a committee of Congress, Preaches patience and silence in the South, Shuns controversy and publicity, Corresponds with an Englishman, Herbert C. Saunders, The General writes to his sons, To his wife at Rockbridge Baths, He joins her there about once a week, Distinguished and undistinguished callers at his Lexington home, He advocates early hours, His fondness for animals, Letters to Mildred Lee, To Robert, To Fitzhugh, Interviewed by Swinton, historian of the Army of the Potomac, Improvement in grounds and buildings of Washington College, Punctuality a prominent trait of its President, A strong supporter of the Y.M.C.A., An incident about "Traveller", The General''s love for children, His friendship with Ex-President Davis, A ride with his daughter to the Peaks of Otter, Mildred Lee''s narrative, Mrs. Lee at the White Sulphur Springs, College President.

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Download or read book Recollections and Letters of General Robert E Lee written by Captain Robert E. Lee and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Robert E. Lee, the son of the famous General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), has offers his recollections of his father, including letters from General Lee to his family.

Download or read book Recollections and Letters written by Robert E. Lee and published by Barnes & Noble Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just as its subject, General Robert E. Lee, was no ordinary man, The Recollections and Letters is no ordinary book. In defeat, the formal Confederate general became the personification of the South. This was a remarkable evolution for a man who in 1861 took up arms against the nation of his birth and subsequently led an army to a devastating end. Lee's transformation from defeated general to American hero was due in part to Robert E. Lee, Jr.'s, dedication to his father's memory. In 1904 the younger Lee produced The Recollections and Letters, a book made up primarily of the general's personal correspondence, much of which was written to his wife and children. The book provided touching insights into the general's family life, allowing readers to connect with him on a more human level. Any study of Robert E. Lee, the South, the Civil War, or American history is incomplete without The Recollections and Letters.