| Lee's Last Retreat: The Flight to Appomattox Contributor(s): Marvel, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807857033 ISBN-13: 9780807857038 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $32.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2006 Annotation: Debunking many of the myths that have surrounded the Confederate retreat to Appomattox, Marvel shows that Lee's last days with the Army of Northern Virginia were chaotic, marked by fierce skirmishes and an uncertain outcome. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: 973.738 |
| Lexile Measure: 1570 |
| Series: Civil War America (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.72" W x 9.2" (1.07 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Geographic Orientation - Virginia - Topical - Civil War - Cultural Region - South - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Few events in Civil War history have generated such deliberate mythmaking as the retreat that ended at Appomattox. William Marvel offers the first history of the Appomattox campaign written primarily from contemporary source material, with a skeptical eye toward memoirs published well after the events they purport to describe. Marvel shows that during the final week of the war in Virginia, Lee's troops were more numerous yet far less faithful to their cause than has been suggested. He also proves accounts of the congenial intermingling of the armies at Appomattox to be shamelessly overblown and the renowned exchange of salutes to be apocryphal. |
Contributor Bio(s): Marvel, William: - William Marvel's many books include A Place Called Appomattox, Andersonville: The Last Depot, and The Alabama and the Kearsarge: The Sailor's Civil War, all published by The University of North Carolina Press. He lives in South Conway, New Hampshire. |