Varon, Elizabeth R.

Summary: "An authoritative biography of the second-highest-ranking and most controversial Confederate general, who rejoined the Union after the Civil War, advising other Confederate soldiers to put that war behind them. After joining an interracial government in New Orleans, Longstreet fought against white supremacists when they attacked these postwar elected officials, for which he was vilified and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023

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Thomas, Emory M.

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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Oklahoma Press 1999

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.73 THO

Davis, William C.

Summary: Profiles the lives of these two great Civil War commanders who came from vastly different backgrounds, exploring their personalities, their characters, their ethical and moral compasses, and their political and military worlds.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 DAV

Gwynne, S. C. (Samuel C.)

Summary: Stonewall Jackson has long been a figure of legend and romance. As much as any person in the Confederate pantheon, even Robert E. Lee, he embodies the romantic Southern notion of the virtuous lost cause. Jackson is also considered, without argument, one of our country's greatest military figures. His brilliance at the art of war tied Abraham Lincoln and the Union high command in knots and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JACKSON, STONEWALL GWY

Longacre, Edward G.

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Publisher / Publication Date: White Mane 1995

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.713092 PIC

Thomason, John W.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Konecky & Konecky 1995

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Korda, Michael

Summary: "[P]ortrait of Lee as a brilliant general, a devoted family man, and principled gentleman who disliked slavery and disagreed with secession, yet who refused command of the Union Army in 1861 because he could not "draw his sword" against his beloved Virginia. Well-rounded and realistic, Clouds of Glory analyzes Lee's command during the Civil War and explores his responsibility for the fatal...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEE, ROBERT E KOR

Guelzo, Allen C.

Summary: "From the acclaimed author of Gettysburg: The Last Invasion--a sweeping, singularly immediate, and intimate biography of the Confederate general and his fateful decision to betray his nation in order to defend his home state and uphold the slave system he claimed to oppose"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEE, ROBERT E. GUE

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Walsh, George

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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7455 WAL

O'Neill, Connor Towne

Summary: "A journalist's memoir-plus-reporting about modern-day conflicts over Southern monuments to Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate hero and original leader of the Ku Klux Klan, as well as a personal examination of the legacy of white supremacy through theUS today, tracing the throughline from Appomattox to Charlottesville"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 322.4 O'NE

Crocker, H. W.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Forum 1999

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Horn, Jonathan

Summary: The story of why Robert E. Lee, the one soldier who most embodied the legacy of George Washington, chose to fight for the South, a decision that changed American history.

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Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridge 2015

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.7 HOR