Free (Kindle) Robert E. Lee: The Last Cavalier [US Civil War Figure Biography]

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Robert E. Lee: The Last Cavalier by Willard Sterne Randall and Nancy Nahra, is a short biography of the US Civil War general, free courtesy of New Word City.

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Description
Born the son of a wastrel Revolutionary War hero, Robert E. Lee grew up in genteel poverty, only attending West Point because it was tuition-free. He distinguished himself for valor in the Mexican War. Although he was subsequently offered command of all Union forces in the Civil War, he refused to fight against his fellow Virginians and instead took command of Confederate forces. This fascinating book gives new insight into both Lee’s character and the strategies that ultimately determined the outcome of the Civil War.