{"product_id":"2940013408517","title":"General Robert E. Lee and the Petersburg Campaign: Account of the Siege from \"A Biography of Robert E. Lee\" (Illustrated)","description":"Fitzhugh Lee (November 19, 1835 – April 28, 1905) was a cavalry officer for the Confederacy, the Governor of Virginia, and later a general in the Spanish-American War, fighting for the country that he had fought against over 30 years earlier. While all of this would be enough to earn him distinction, he is remembered primarily today for being the nephew of General Robert E. Lee, as well as one of his most vocal defenders and supporters. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFitz Lee wrote several works about the Civil War that, along with other generals like Jubal Early, helped form the basis for the Lost Cause and helped create the reputation of reverence for Robert E. Lee that is still widely held today. In addition to deifying Robert E. Lee, Fitz Lee, Early, and other authors like them often clashed with former Confederate comrades like James Longstreet, who either were not Virginian or had been critical of Robert E. Lee themselves. Debates between the men persisted into the 20th century, and they’re partially responsible for memoirs like James Longstreet’s From Manassas to Appomattox. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Robert E. Lee and the Petersburg Campaign is an excerpt from Fitzhugh Lee’s biography of the general that covers the siege of Petersburg. From May-June 1864, newly installed U.S. Army Commander Ulysses S. Grant attached himself to George Meade’s Army of the Potomac and directed that army’s confrontation of Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in a series of very high casualty battles known as the Overland Campaign. Despite being stopped at the Battle of the Wilderness, Grant proceeded south and nearly dealt the Confederate army a fatal blow at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. The armies kept maneuvering toward Richmond and fought near the North Anna River before the Battle of Cold Harbor in early June.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEventually the Overland Campaign ended in a stalemate siege at Petersburg. With both armies hunkered down in trenches, the Union’s war effort was able to coordinate George H. Thomas’ victories against John Bell Hood in the West while General William Tecumseh Sherman “marched to the sea”, taking Savannah and then Charleston on his way north. Eventually, Grant broke Lee’s lines in early April, forcing the Confederates to abandon Petersburg and Richmond, their capital.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition of General Robert E. Lee and the Petersburg Campaign is specially formatted with a Table of Contents and illustrated with maps of the battles and pictures of the important generals.","brand":"Charles River Editors","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175169704176,"sku":"2940013408517","price":1.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013408517_p0.jpg?v=1763580846","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013408517","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}