by Michael Haskew
Appomattox: The Last Days of Robert E. Lee's Army of
Northern Virginia encompasses the defense and evacuation of the Confederate
capital of Richmond, the horrific combat in the trenches of Petersburg, General
Robert E. Lee's withdrawal toward the Carolinas in his forlorn hope of a
rendezvous with General Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Tennessee to carry on the
fight, the relentless pursuit of Union forces, and the ultimate realization
that further resistance against overwhelming odds was futile.
The Army of Northern Virginia was the fighting soul of the
Confederacy in the Eastern Theater of the Civil War. From its inception, it
fought against overwhelming odds. Union forces might have occupied territory,
but as long as the Confederate army was active in the field, the rebellion was
alive. Through four years of bitter conflict, the Army of Northern Virginia and
its longtime commander, General Robert E. Lee, became the stuff of legend. By
April 1865, its days were numbered.
There are many stories of heroism and sacrifice, both Union
and Confederate, during the Civil War, and Robert E. Lee and the Army of
Northern Virginia wrote their own epic chapter. Author Michael E. Haskew, a researcher,
writer, and editor of many military history subjects for over twenty years,
puts the hardship and deprivation suffered by this Army's soldiers while
defending their home and ideals into proper perspective.
About the Author
Michael E. Haskew has been writing and researching
military history subjects for over twenty years. He is the editor of WWII
History Magazine and The World War II Desk Reference with the Eisenhower
Center for American Studies (HarperCollins). He is the author of over ten
titles focused on a wide range of military history. His most recent book, West
Point 1915: Eisenhower, Bradley, and the Class the Stars Fell On, was
released by Zenith Press in 2014. He holds a bachelor's degree in history from
the University of Tennessee and resides in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
ISBN 978-0760348178, Zenith Press, © 2015, Hardcover, 256
Pages, Photographs, End Notes, Bibliography & Index. $30.00. To
Purchase the book click HERE.
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