Robert E. Lee

Introduction
Few episodes in history are more painful to Americans than the Civil
War, fought between the North and the South. This biography, Great
American Generals - Robert E. Lee, by Ian Hogg, takes the reader through
the life of one of the greatest heroes of that war, Robert E. Lee. It is a
thorough, in depth record of the life of Lee and begins with a detailed account
of his family history and his birth, through his college years, military
experience and his work in later life to his death on October 12, 1870. The
first few pages set the scene by listing a substantial amount of…