num_pages: 272
description: Robert E. Lee was both a military genius and a spiritual leader, considered by many―southerners and nonsoutherners alike―to have been a near saint. In The Marble Man a leading Civil War military historian examines the hold of Lee on the American mind and traces the campaign in historiography that elevated him to national hero status.
language: English
title: The Marble Man: Robert E. Lee and His Image in American Society
titlecomplete: The Marble Man: Robert E. Lee and His Image in American Society
characters: Joseph E. Johnston, Douglas Southall Freeman, Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, Jubal Early, Jefferson Davis
genres: History, American History, American Civil War, Civil War, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 104
publisher: LSU Press