The Life and Military Carrier of General Robert E. Lee. John Esten Cooke

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       John Esten Cooke

      The Life and Military Carrier of General Robert E. Lee

      Lee's Early Life, Military Campaigns, Last Days, The Funeral & Tributes to General Lee

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      2018 OK Publishing

      ISBN 978-80-272-4172-9

Table of Contents

       PART I LEE'S EARLY LIFE

       I INTRODUCTION

       II THE LEES OF VIRGINIA

       III GENERAL "LIGHT-HORSE HARRY" LEE

       IV STRATFORD

       V LEE'S EARLY MANHOOD AND CAREER IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY

       VI LEE AND SCOTT

       VII LEE RESIGNS

       VIII HIS RECEPTION AT RICHMOND

       IX LEE IN 1861

       X THE WAR BEGINS

       XI LEE'S ADVANCE INTO WESTERN VIRGINIA

       XII LEE'S LAST INTERVIEW WITH BISHOP MEADE

       PART II IN FRONT OF RICHMOND

       I PLAN OF THE FEDERAL CAMPAIGN

       II JOHNSTON IS WOUNDED

       III LEE ASSIGNED TO THE COMMAND — HIS FAMILY AT THE WHITE HOUSE

       IV LEE RESOLVES TO ATTACK

       V STUART'S "RIDE AROUND McCLELLAN"

       PART III ON THE CHICKAHOMINY

       I THE TWO ARMIES

       II LEE'S PLAN OF ASSAULT

       III THE BATTLE OF THE CHICKAHOMINY

       IV THE RETREAT

       V RICHMOND IN DANGER — LEE'S VIEWS

       VI LEE AND McCLELLAN — THEIR IDENTITY OF OPINION

       PART IV THE WAR ADVANCES NORTHWARD

       I LEE'S PROTEST

       II LEE'S MANOEUVRES

       III LEE ADVANCES FROM THE RAPIDAN

       IV JACKSON FLANKS GENERAL POPE

       V LEE FOLLOWS

       VI THE SECOND BATTLE OF MANASSAS

       PART V LEE INVADES MARYLAND

       I HIS DESIGNS

       II LEE IN MARYLAND

       III MOVEMENTS OF THE TWO ARMIES

       IV THE PRELUDE TO SHARPSBURG

       V THE BATTLE OF SHARPSBURG

       VI LEE AND McCLELLAN — THEIR MERITS IN THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN

       VII LEE AND HIS MEN

       VIII LEE PASSES THE BLUE RIDGE

       IX LEE CONCENTRATES AT FREDERICKSBURG

       X THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG

       XI FINAL MOVEMENTS OF 1862

       XII THE YEAR OF BATTLES

       XIII LEE IN DECEMBER, 1862

       PART VI CHANCELLORSVILLE AND GETTYSBURG

       I ADVANCE OF GENERAL HOOKER

       II THE WILDERNESS