Lee's lieutenants
Subtitle: a study in command
By: Douglas Southall Freeman ; abridged in one volume by Stephen W. Sears ; introduction by James M. McPherson.
Contributors: Sears, Stephen W.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 910
Subjects: Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography.; Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
Description: Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command is the most colorful and popular of Douglas Southall Freeman's works. A narrative that presents a multiple biography against the flame-shot background of the American Civil War, it is the story of the great figures of the Army of Northern Virginia who fought under Robert E. Lee.

Dr. Freeman describes the early rise and fall of General Beauregard, the developing friction between Jefferson Davis and Joseph E. Johnston, the emergence and failure of a number of military charlatans, and the triumphs of unlikely men at crucial times. He also describes the rise of the legendary "Stonewall" Jackson and traces his progress in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign and into Richmond amid the acclaim of the South.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 853-856) and index.