Seven Days The Emergence of Lee

Name: Seven Days The Emergence of Lee
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ISBN: 9780803265943

ISBN-10: 0803265948

ISBN-13: 9780803265943

Edition: 1992

Authors: Clifford Dowdey, Robert K. Krick

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Dowdey "brings to an encyclopaedic knowledge of the facts a freshness that makes the story seem new. . . . [It] is an examination of the critical moments when history goes off on a new course."-Bruce Catton, American Heritage. "[Dowdey] admirably blends fact and human interest in fine historical writing. This book is essential to any collections on American history and the Civil War."-Library Journal.During the Seven Days Campaign--the series of battles fought near Richmond at the end of June 1862--General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia routed General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac. Although the Confederates repulsed the powerful offensive of the Yankees, they failed…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 9/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 380
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Prologue: The Year of the Settlement


The Divided Command



"Passion Spins the Plot"



"We Are Betrayed by What Is False Within"


The Johnston Era



Lee Plays at Machiavelli



Seven Pines



Fair Oaks


A Single, Controlling Hand



End of Retreats



"General Orders No. 75"



The Early Work of a Master



A Study of Stress



Gaines's Mill: Battle of Decision



"Gone Away"



The Day of "Prince John"



Between the Plan and the Execution



The Last Day



Aftermath


Acknowledgments


Bibliography


Index