John Reeves

The Lost Indictment of Robert E. Lee: The Forgotten Case Against an American Icon

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Produktbeschreibung

Defeated on the battlefield, Robert E. Lee soon faced the wrath of vengeful northerners, including indictment for treason just weeks after the Civil War ended. This book tells the forgotten story of Lee¿s indictment and the slow process by which his memory was transformed from traitor to American icon.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rl Books
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781538110393
• ISBN-10: 1538110393
• Artikelnr.: 49671045

Autorenporträt

By John Reeves

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction: Reevaluating Robert E. Lee Chapter One:
I am aware of having done nothing wrong & cannot flee.
Chapter Two:
They shall suffer for this, they shall suffer for this.
Chapter Three:
Hands dripping with the blood of slaughtered innocents.
Chapter Four:
When can these men be tried?
Chapter Five:
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Chapter Six:
rather as a demon than a man.
Chapter Seven:
There is General Lee, as hungry for the gallows as Davis.
Chapter Eight:
Gen. Lee a Woman Whipper.
Chapter Nine:
It used to fashionable to try a man before they hanged him.
Chapter Ten:
this noble man died `prisoner of war on parole.
Chapter Eleven:
you gentleman that use the pen should see that justice is done us.
Appendices I-II Selected Bibliography About the Author