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Fitzhugh Lee, a nephew of Robert E. Lee, was a Confederate cavalry general during […]

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Lincoln and Lee at Antietam: The Cost of Freedom Inecom Entertainment, 90 minutes Defeatism […]

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The spring of 1864 began full of hope in the North. Having received control […]

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Lincoln’s Fleeting Hope for an Early End to the War

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In a newly discovered letter penned four days after Gettysburg, the commander in chief urges his generals in vain to destroy Lee’s army.

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ACW Book Review: General Lee’s Army

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General Lee’s Army: From Victory to Collapse by Joseph T. Glatthaar, Free Press, 2008, […]

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by William G. Thomas6/4/2018

Grant and Lee: Victorious American and Vanquished Virginian by Edward Bonekemper III, Praeger, 2007, […]

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