Lees Tarnished Lieutenant
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Author |
: William Garrett Piston |
Publisher |
: University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages |
: 271 |
Release |
: 2013-05-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780820346250 |
ISBN-13 |
: 082034625X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant by : William Garrett Piston
In the South, one can find any number of bronze monuments to the Confederacy featuring heroic images of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, J. E. B. Stuart, and many lesser commanders. But while the tarnish on such statues has done nothing to color the reputation of those great leaders, there remains one Confederate commander whose tarnished image has nothing to do with bronze monuments. Nowhere in the South does a memorial stand to Lee's intimate friend and second-in-command James Longstreet. In Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant, William Garrett Piston examines the life of James Longstreet and explains how a man so revered during the course of the war could fall from grace so swiftly and completely. Unlike other generals in gray whose deeds are familiar to southerners and northerners alike, Longstreet has the image not of a hero but of an incompetent who lost the Battle of Gettysburg and, by extension, the war itself. Piston's reappraisal of the general's military record establishes Longstreet as an energetic corps commander with an unsurpassed ability to direct troops in combat, as a trustworthy subordinate willing to place the war effort above personal ambition. He made mistakes, but Piston shows that he did not commit the grave errors at Gettysburg and elsewhere of which he was so often accused after the war. In discussing Longstreet's postwar fate, Piston analyzes the literature and public events of the time to show how the southern people, in reaction to defeat, evolved an image of themselves which bore little resemblance to reality. As a product of the Georgia backwoods, Longstreet failed to meet the popular cavalier image embodied by Lee, Stuart, and other Confederate heroes. When he joined the Republican party during Reconstruction, Longstreet forfeited his wartime reputation and quickly became a convenient target for those anxious to explain how a "superior people" could have lost the war. His new role as the villain of the Lost Cause was solidified by his own postwar writings. Embittered by years of social ostracism resulting from his Republican affiliation, resentful of the orchestrated deification of Lee and Stonewall Jackson, Longstreet exaggerated his own accomplishments and displayed a vanity that further alienated an already offended southern populace. Beneath the layers of invective and vilification remains a general whose military record has been badly maligned. Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant explains how this reputation developed—how James Longstreet became, in the years after Appomattox, the scapegoat for the South's defeat, a Judas for the new religion of the Lost Cause.
Author |
: Douglas Southall Freeman |
Publisher |
: Scribner |
Total Pages |
: 912 |
Release |
: 1998-07-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0684833093 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780684833095 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lees Lieutenants 3 Volume Abridged by : Douglas Southall Freeman
Recounts the Civil War through the eyes of Lee's field officers
Author |
: Douglas Southall Freeman |
Publisher |
: Scribner |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2011-01-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1451627343 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781451627343 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lees Lieutenants Volume 3 by : Douglas Southall Freeman
An unquestioned masterpiece of the historian's art, and a towering landmark in the literature of the American Civil War. In Gettysburg to Appomattox, Douglas Southall Freeman concludes his monumental three-volume study of Lee's command of the Confederacy, a dramatic history that brings to vivid life the men in that command and the part each played in this country's most tragic struggle. Volume three continues the stirring account of Lee's army, from the costly battle at Gettysburg, through the deepening twilight of the South's declining military might, to the tragic inward collapse of Lee's command and his formal surrender in 1865. To his unparalleled descriptions of Lee's subordinates and the operations in which they participated, Dr. Freeman adds an insightful analysis of the lessons that were to be learned from the story of the Army of Northern Virginia and their bearing upon the future military development of the nation. As in the first two volumes, portrait photographs, military maps, several appendixes, and a bibliography add to the clarity and richness of the book. The complete three-volume study, Lee's Lieutenants, is a classic touchstone in the literature of American biography, and in all the literature of war.
Author |
: Douglas Savage |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 297 |
Release |
: 2016-09-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781630760113 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1630760110 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Last Years of Robert E. Lee by : Douglas Savage
This book details Lee’s life from Gettysburg to his death just five years after the South’s surrender at Appomattox. Rather than retreating bitterly from life, Lee sought to heal the nation, even meeting with his rival, Ulysses S. Grant, while the former Union general occupied the White House. Leaving his military life behind, Lee went on to become president of Washington College, where he was revered for his fairness as well as his willingness to help struggling students.
Author |
: Freeman |
Publisher |
: Macmillan Reference USA |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 1985-06-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 068415630X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780684156309 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (0X Downloads) |
Synopsis Lee's Lieutenants by : Freeman
Author |
: Kenneth W. Noe |
Publisher |
: University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages |
: 669 |
Release |
: 2001-09-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780813137148 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0813137144 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis Perryville by : Kenneth W. Noe
Winner of the Seaborg Civil War Prize: “Impressively researched . . . will please many readers, especially those who enjoy exciting battle histories.” ―Journal of Military History On October 8, 1862, Union and Confederate forces clashed near Perryville in what would be the largest battle ever fought on Kentucky soil. The climax of a campaign that began two months before in northern Mississippi, Perryville came to be recognized as the high-water mark of the western Confederacy. Perryville: This Grand Havoc of Battle is the definitive account of this important conflict. While providing all the parry and thrust one might expect from an excellent battle narrative, the book also reflects the new trends in Civil War history in its concern for ordinary soldiers and civilians caught in the slaughterhouse. The last chapter, unique among Civil War battle narratives, even discusses the battle’s veterans, their families, efforts to preserve the battlefield, and the many ways Americans have remembered and commemorated Perryville. “This superb book unravels the complexities of Perryville, but discloses these military details within their social and political contexts. These considerations greatly enrich our understanding of war, history, and human endeavor.” —Virginia Quarterly Review “It should remain the definitive work of the Perryville campaign for many years.” —Bowling Green Daily News
Author |
: Jeffry D. Wert |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 564 |
Release |
: 1994-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780671892876 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0671892878 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis General James Longstreet by : Jeffry D. Wert
Argues that Longstreet was unfairly blamed for the defeat at Gettysburg.
Author |
: Simon & Schuster |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 1940 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0684101769 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780684101767 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lees Lieutenants by : Simon & Schuster
Author |
: Douglas Southall Freeman |
Publisher |
: Macmillan Publishing Company |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 1983-03-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0684179261 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780684179261 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lee's Lieutenants by : Douglas Southall Freeman
Author |
: Tom Broadfoot |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 984 |
Release |
: 1996 |
ISBN-10 |
: PSU:000044350192 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis Civil War Books by : Tom Broadfoot