Fitz Lee A Military Biography of Major General Fitzhugh Lee, C.S.A. /

As the grandson of Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee and the nephew of Robert E. Lee, Fitzhugh Lee⁰́₄nicknamed "Fitz"⁰́₄was born into one of Virginia's most distinguished families.Upon graduation from West Point, Fitz Lee served in the U.S. Army until the outbreak of the Civil W...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Longacre, Edward G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : Bison Books, 2015.
Temas:
Lee, Fitzhugh, > 1835-1905.
Lee, Fitzhugh, > 1835-1905
Confederate States of America. > Army. > Cavalry > Biography.
Confederate States of America. > Army. > Cavalry
1861-1865
Generals > Confederate States of America > Biography.
Généraux > États confédérés d'Amérique > Biographies.
HISTORY / Military / Other
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science
Generals
Military operations, Cavalry
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Cavalry operations.
Virginia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Cavalry operations.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Opérations de cavalerie.
Virginie > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Opérations de cavalerie.
United States
United States > Confederate States of America
Virginia
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:As the grandson of Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee and the nephew of Robert E. Lee, Fitzhugh Lee⁰́₄nicknamed "Fitz"⁰́₄was born into one of Virginia's most distinguished families.Upon graduation from West Point, Fitz Lee served in the U.S. Army until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he joined the Confederate cavalry forces. After participating in the Peninsula Campaign, he rapidly rose in rank, promoted first to brigadier general in July 1862, then to major general in the fall of 1863. Only twenty-seven years old, he commanded with distinction at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. Severely wounded in 1864, he subsequently returned to service and was promoted to commander of the cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia, which he led during the final campaigns of the war.After the war Fitz Lee served as governor of Virginia, commander of the U.S. Volunteers in the Spanish-American War, and postwar occupation commander in Cuba. He also wrote many popular works of military history and biography; his biography of Robert E. Lee is still in print.Acclaimed Civil War author Edward G. Longacre has combed family records, West Point cadet files, and the National Archives to produce a lively biography of one of the South's youngest and ablest cavalry commanders⁰́₄a man who later became one of America's most distinguished military leaders.
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
ISBN:9780803274556
0803274556

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