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(0)John Reeves
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
History has been kind to Robert E. Lee, but immediately after the Civil War many northerners believed Lee should be hanged for treason and war crimes. In June of 1865 Robert E. Lee was indicted for treason by a Norfolk, Virginia grand jury. Reeves tells the story of the forgotten legal and moral case that was made against the Confederate general after the Civil War. The actual indictment went missing for 72 years, and has both literally and figuratively...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the spring of 1864, President Lincoln feared that he might not be able to save the Union. The Army of the Potomac had performed poorly over the previous two years, and many Northerners were understandably critical of the war effort. Lincoln assumed he'd lose the November election, and he firmly believed a Democratic successor would seek peace immediately, spelling an end to the Union. A Fire in the Wilderness tells the story of that perilous time...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Language
English
Description
Bringing to life the American West during a crucial time in our nation's history, this original, thought-provoking look at the general-in-chief of the U.S. Army in 1864 documents his gradual realization that Emancipation was the only possible outcome of the war that would be consistent with America's founding values and future prosperity.
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