A Soldier's General: The Civil War Letters of Major General Lafayette McLaws
For much of the war, Lafayette McLaws held the senior major general's rank in the Army of Northern Virginia. His extensive letters, skillfully transcribed from the almost illegible originals by John Oeffinger, constitute a rich--and virtually untapped--lode of primary evidence from an officer of major importance. (Robert K. Krick, author of "Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain")