Robert E. Lee

In this brief life and study of Robert E. Lee, Roy Blount, Jr. explores Lee`s family background and roots in Virginia, his fateful decision to join the Confederacy, and the many challenges of leading an ill-prepared and poorly supplied army. Lee had been Lincoln`s first choice to lead the Union troops, and Blount recounts Lee`s military genius, his victories and defeats, and the personal toll the bloody war exacted on him. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.