Description
. . . it offers a sure, quick, eyewitness assessment of all Lee's campaigns. --Southern Partisan
Walter Taylor was first to last the closest of all staff officers to General Robert E. Lee, and his intimate relationship with his commander gives Taylor's writings signal importance in any study of Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia. A recognized classic, Four Years with General Lee first appeared in 1877 and was a collector's item by the turn of the century. This annotated edition, first published in 1962, was prepared by noted Civil War historian James I. Robertson, Jr., who has provided a new introduction for this paperback reissue.
Author: Walter Taylor
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 06/22/1996
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.29w x 0.67d
ISBN13: 9780253210746
ISBN10: 0253210747
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- History | United States | Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- History | Military | General
About the Author
JAMES I. ROBERTSON, JR., is Alumni Distinguished Professor of History at Virginia Tech. His books include General A. P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior, Soldiers Blue and Gray, and The Civil War Virginia: Battleground for a Nation.