Two well-known historians of the American Civil War collect new essays on eight major military commanders of the Confederacy. Serving both as character studies and strategic analyses, these pieces draw extensively on primary sources and come from some of the preeminent names in Civil War history, including William C. Davis, Charles Roland, and James I. Robertson. The authors offer lively discussions of figures from the iconic Robert E. Lee to the much-maligned P. G. T. Beauregard. Taken together, these essays form a fascinating portrait of the Confederate command.
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