Lee's Last Retreat

The Flight to Appomattox

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877), Military
Cover of the book Lee's Last Retreat by William Marvel, The University of North Carolina Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: William Marvel ISBN: 9780807862100
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Publication: October 15, 2003
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Language: English
Author: William Marvel
ISBN: 9780807862100
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Publication: October 15, 2003
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Language: English

Few events in Civil War history have generated such deliberate mythmaking as the retreat that ended at Appomattox. William Marvel offers the first history of the Appomattox campaign written primarily from contemporary source material, with a skeptical eye toward memoirs published well after the events they purport to describe.

Marvel shows that during the final week of the war in Virginia, Lee's troops were more numerous yet far less faithful to their cause than has been suggested. He also proves accounts of the congenial intermingling of the armies at Appomattox to be shamelessly overblown and the renowned exchange of salutes to be apocryphal.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Few events in Civil War history have generated such deliberate mythmaking as the retreat that ended at Appomattox. William Marvel offers the first history of the Appomattox campaign written primarily from contemporary source material, with a skeptical eye toward memoirs published well after the events they purport to describe.

Marvel shows that during the final week of the war in Virginia, Lee's troops were more numerous yet far less faithful to their cause than has been suggested. He also proves accounts of the congenial intermingling of the armies at Appomattox to be shamelessly overblown and the renowned exchange of salutes to be apocryphal.

More books from The University of North Carolina Press

Cover of the book Black Newspapers and America's War for Democracy, 1914-1920 by William Marvel
Cover of the book Nation Building in South Korea by William Marvel
Cover of the book Cooper's Leather-Stocking Novels by William Marvel
Cover of the book Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Politics of Medicine in Nineteenth-Century America by William Marvel
Cover of the book Race and the Shaping of Twentieth-Century Atlanta by William Marvel
Cover of the book A Bitter Peace by William Marvel
Cover of the book Blurred Borders by William Marvel
Cover of the book From Working Girl to Working Mother by William Marvel
Cover of the book Fred Thompson’s Southern Sides by William Marvel
Cover of the book The Revolution of 1861 by William Marvel
Cover of the book Lethal State by William Marvel
Cover of the book The Woodwright's Eclectic Workshop by William Marvel
Cover of the book The Last Battleground by William Marvel
Cover of the book The Woodwright's Workbook by William Marvel
Cover of the book To Be Useful to the World by William Marvel
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy