This new edition of two of the greatest works to chronicle the Civil War provides the unique perspective of that great conflict as it appeared to its greatest generals. It is illustrated with over 400 drawings and photographs drawn from historically contemporary sources. The illustrated abridgement of the Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is contained in this work. Fast-paced; colorful; lucid and laced with flashes of humor; it provides the most authoritative of all contemporary accounts. All the topics that are not covered in the excerpts are summarized by the editor. Historians have always lamented the fact that Lee; who died only five years after his surrender to Grant; was never able to write his personal memoir of his role in the Civil War. The most detailed and revealing view of this great general in action is by General Armistead L. Long in his classic Memoirs of Robert E. Lee. The edition of Long's Memoirs contained in this work is a shortened version of the original. Peripheral matter has been summarized and full texts of official correspondence and extended quotations by other writers have been deleted. What remains is vivid first-hand portraits of Lee just as the author set it down over a century ago.
#412862 in Books Univ of South Carolina Pr 2000-11-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.02 x 1.06 x 5.98l; 1.89 #File Name: 1570033749480 pages
Review
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. An Excellent New WorkBy Charlton B. PattersonThis book is an excellent continuation of the Tricentennial series on the colonial beginnings of South Carolina. The book is written very clearly and does not require a degree in economics to understand. The author has liberally supplied the book with statistical tables to allow the reader to easily comprehend the points that he is making about the evolution of economic conditions of pre-1750 South Carolina.
