Recollections and Letters of General ..., Captain Robert E. Lee
Recollections and Letters of General ..., Captain Robert E. Lee
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Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee
As Recorded by His Son, Captain Robert E. Lee

Author: Captain Robert E. Lee

Narrator: Bill Wallace

Unabridged: 13 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/08/2009

Synopsis

General Robert E. Lee was the most heroic figure of the Civil War, but to many, he is a solitary figure. This book fleshes out the man and reveals the workings of a great military 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 president of Washington College, and became a driving force for the creation of a viable educational system. This anthology shows all these facets of the general, through his correspondence and through the revealing insight supplied by his son. No other collection of source materials gives such a whole and rewarding picture of one of the South's greatest sons and heroes.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeff

This is an excellent collection of the great Southern General. His son did his father a great service in publishing the authentic thoughts of his father. The last thing Robert E. Lee stands for is oppression and the Civil War. He did not want the war and hoped Jefferson Davis and others would come t......more

Goodreads review by Crystal

I have to say honestly, that I had truly no idea that General Robert E. Lee lived for another 5 years following his surrender to Grant during the Civil War. I mean, I guess I didn't just figure that he'd died and that was the end, but I had no idea how much he really lived, I guess is what I am tryi......more

Goodreads review by Josef

A Complicated Man Judging from a 21st century perspective, it is too easy for many to condemn General Robert E. Lee as a racist slaveholder who rebelled against his country. Unfortunately for those who hold such a view, the truth is more complicated. Lee was a slaveholder, yes, and he fought for the......more

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