Biography: Robert E. Lee

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Arguably the greatest military commander of all time, his brilliance single-handedly kept the outnumbered and under-supplied Confederacy in the Civil War long after they should have been forced to surrender. The son of legendary Revolutionary War figure "Light Horse" Lee, Robert graduated at the top of his class and rose to the rank of colonel before the outbreak of the Civil War. Biography traces his brilliant campaigns - still studied in military academies today - and reveals the personal tragedies that ultimately defeated the "Marble Man." Excerpts from his writings, testimonies from those who served and fought against him, and interviews with military experts, Civil War historians, and biographers offer intimate insight into the career and life of this remarkable man. "Robert E. Lee" offers a definitive portrait of the legendary and tragic figure at the heart of the Civil War.

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