Synopses & Reviews
No history is more beautifully written than this one covering General Robert E. Lee's last campaign with the Army of Northern Virginia from early May to mid-June of 1864. Here the aging Lee is shown improvising strategy with a brilliance that cannot reduce the hopelessness of his situation. With the ghost of a once great army, he is caught between the overwhelming might of the Union forces and the crippling restrictions of his own government.
Review
"In many ways this is the best study yet made of Lees last desperate campaign in the open field."—Bruce Catton, New York Times Book Review New York Herald Tribune
Review
"[Dowdey's work is noted for] readability, historical accuracy, a feeling for human character and motives, and a talent for narrative. . . . The evaluation of Lee alone is a superbly perceptive piece of writing. Highly recommended."—Library Journal Bruce Catton - New York Times Book Review
Review
"A distinguished study of Lee's operations from the Wilderness to Petersburg. Dowdey is both exciting and provocative as he analyzes the frustrating restrictions which surrounded Lee during this crucial campaign."—David Donald, New York Herald Tribune David Donald
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-400) and index.
About the Author
Lee's Last Campaign is cinematic in its vividness and immediacy, a triumph of style and substance by Clifford Dowdey, the author of The Seven Days: The Emergence of Lee (1964), also reprinted as a Bison Book. Robert K. Krick, the author of Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain (1990), has written an introduction for both books.