Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• List of Illustrations xiii
• Introduction xv
• Chapter I Services in the United States Army 3
• Chapter II The Confederate General 24
• Chapter III Letters to Wife and Daughters 48
• Chapter IV Army Life of Robert the Younger 69
• Chapter V The Army of Northern Virginia 91
• Chapter VI The Winter of 1863-4 112
• Chapter VII Fronting the Army of the Potomac 128
• Chapter VIII The Surrender 144
• Chapter IX A Private Citizen 162
• Chapter X President of Washington College 179
• Chapter XI The Idol of the South 198
• Chapter XII Lee's Opinion Upon the Late War 218

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• List of Illustrations xiii
• Introduction xv
• Chapter I Services in the United States Army 3
• Chapter II The Confederate General 24
• Chapter III Letters to Wife and Daughters 48
• Chapter IV Army Life of Robert the Younger 69
• Chapter V The Army of Northern Virginia 91
• Chapter VI The Winter of 1863-4 112
• Chapter VII Fronting the Army of the Potomac 128
• Chapter VIII The Surrender 144
• Chapter IX A Private Citizen 162
• Chapter X President of Washington College 179
• Chapter XI The Idol of the South 198
• Chapter XII Lee's Opinion Upon the Late War 218
• Chapter XIII Family Affairs 235
• Chapter XIV An Ideal Father 252
• Chapter XV Mountain Rides 264
• Chapter XVI An Adviser of Young Men 280
• Chapter XVII The Reconstruction Period 299
• Chapter XVIII Mrs. R. E. Lee 318
• Chapter XIX Lee's Letters to His Sons 339
• Chapter XX The New Home in Lexington 357
• Chapter XXI Failing Health 376
• Chapter XXII The Southern Trip 388
• Chapter XXIII A Round of Visits 412
• Chapter XXIV Last Days 431
• New Material 441
• Index 451