Essay Archive - Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee
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 facts about the names and backgrounds of his
parents ....
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