Life and Campaigns of General Robert E. Lee (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Life and Campaigns of General Robert E. Lee<br><br>I have been led to the preparation of this work by a desire to collect in a useful and convenient form a history of the achievement of the great soldier recently at the head of the armies of the South and who has just gone to his rest; and as he is endeared to his countrymen chie?y by his connection with them in their gallant struggle for independence I have devoted the greater part of these pages to that portion of his life passing over the preceding with as little delay as possible.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.