Table of Contents
Acknowledgments viii
Foreword Robert E. Lee IV ix
Preface xi
Introduction Gary W. Gallagher xv
Chapter 1 The Uneven Start of a Legend 1
Chapter 2 A Man's Life in the Army 13
Chapter 3 The Coming of the War 29
Chapter 4 An Uneventful Year for Granny Lee 41
Chapter 5 The Emergence of Military Genius 59
Chapter 6 The Glorious Summer of Battle 83
Chapter 7 A Modern Kind of War 101
Chapter 8 The Confederacy Unravels 133
Chapter 9 When the War's Over… 153
Chapter 10 Lee, the Lost Cause, and Southern Memory 177
Appendix 1 Robert E. Lee's Military Record 193
Appendix 2 A Selected Lee Surname Genealogy 194
Appendix 3 Robert E. Lee's Famous Relatives 212
Appendix 4 Members of Robert E. Lee's Staff 215
Appendix 5 Robert E. Lee's Mounts 218
Notes 219
Bibliography 224
Index 231
