Illustrated history of Civil War Confederate General Robert E. Lee, discussing his background, education at West Point, early army experiences, family life, management of the U.S. Military Academy, and his command in the Civil War.

Honors the memory of the great Confederate general in an exploration of his post-Civil War years.

General John A. Wickham, commander of the famous 101st Airborne Division in the 1970s and subsequently Army Chief of Staff, once visited Antietam battlefield. Gazing at Bloody Lane where, in 1862, several Union assaults were brutally repulsed before they finally broke through, he marveled, "You couldn't get American soldiers today to make an attack like that." Why did those men risk certain death, through countless bloody battles and four long, awful...

Traces the life of the famous Confederate general from his childhood in Virginia through his West Point education and brilliant military career to his death following the Battle of Yellow Tavern.

A biography of the Confederate general who gained the nickname Stonewall for his stand at the first battle of Bull Run during the Civil War.