When General Robert E. Lee took command of the Confederate forces defending Richmond in June of 1862, he was famous yet little known. How Lee's background and t

"In this? account of the emergence of Robert E. Lee, Clifford Dowdey proves the Lee?s aggressive military strategy -- reduced to the simple truism?a good offens

The Pulitzer Prize–winning historian’s “lively and absorbing” biography of Ulysses S. Grant and his leadership during the Civil War (The New York Times

Traces the life of the highly respected Confederate general, with an emphasis on his difficult boyhood in Virginia.

A dual biography and a fresh approach to the always compelling subject of these two iconic leadersÑhow they fashioned a distinctly American war, and a lasting