Lee in the lowcountry
Subtitle: defending Charleston & Savannah, 1861-1862
By: Daniel J. Crooks, Jr.
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781596295896
Subjects: Lee, Robert E. -- 1807-1870 -- Military leadership; Confederate States of America. -- Army -- History; Command of troops -- Case studies; Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography; Confederate States of America -- Defenses -- History; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns; Atlantic Coast (S.C.) -- History, Military -- 19th century; Atlantic Coast (Ga.) -- History, Military -- 19th century; Charleston Region (S.C.) -- History, Military -- 19th century; Savannah Region (Ga.) -- History, Mililtary -- 19th century
Genres: Case studies.; Biography.
Description: Charleston historian Danny Crooks examines Lee's first year serving the Confederacy, a year of confusion and convoluted loyalty. Using Lee's own words and those of his contemporaries, Crooks helps the reader to understand why Lee, and only Lee, could bring order to the early chaos of the war.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Mustering the troops; title: Yankees on the run; title: In the shadow of Cheat Mountain; title: Ready for war; title: The loss of Port Royal; title: Trying to do much with little; title: Picking a target; title: Smoke and stones; title: Reconciliation; title: A Confederacy in crisis; title: General Lee's Army.