Lee and His Men at Gettysburg: The Death of a Nation - Softcover

Dowdey, Clifford

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803266162 ISBN 13: 9780803266162

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 1999

Synopsis

Written in Clifford Dowdey's engaging, sweeping style, Lee and His Men at Gettysburg: The Death of a Nation details the battle from the Confederate point of view. In this first volume in a trilogy of works focusing on the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia, Dowdey details the disastrous Confederate experience at Gettysburg during those three crucial July days in 1863. Leading up to the climax of Pickett's Charge, Dowdey's narrative offers an examination of the reasons for the ultimate defeat of the Army of Northern Virginia. Dowdey offers a very clear picture of events, faulting Lee's command subordinates for failures of reconnaissance and nerve and for disregarding orders. He assesses and probes the personalities and decisions of these chief lieutenants, including Ewell, Stuart, and Longstreet. Lee and His Men at Gettysburg depicts "Lee's worst-fought battle" in all its agonizing drama.

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Review:

"Lively, critical, judicious and scholarly."-Henry Steele Commager, New York Times -- Henry Steele Commager New York Times

Synopsis:

'"Lee and His Men at Gettysburg", lively, critical, judicious and scholarly' - Henry Steele Commager, "New York Times". Written in Clifford Dowdey's engaging, sweeping style, "Lee and His Men at Gettysburg: The Death of a Nation" details the battle from the Confederate point of view. In this first volume in a trilogy of works focusing on the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia, Dowdey details the disastrous Confederate experience at Gettysburg during those three crucial July days in 1863. Leading up to the climax of Pickett's Charge, Dowdey's narrative offers an examination of the reasons for the ultimate defeat of the Army of Northern Virginia. Dowdey offers a very clear picture of events, faulting Lee's command subordinates for failures of reconnaissance and nerve and for disregarding orders. He assesses and probes the personalities and decisions of these chief lieutenants, including Ewell, Stuart, and Longstreet."Lee and His Men at Gettysburg" depicts 'Lee's worst-fought battle' in all its agonising drama. Clifford Dowdey (1904-1979) produced eighteen books.

"The Seven Days: The Emergence of Lee" and "Lee's Last Campaign: The Story of Lee and His Men against Grant-1864" are also available in Bison Books editions.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0803266162
• ISBN 13: 9780803266162
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 393