Southern Generals, Their Lives and Campaigns (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Southern Generals, Their Lives and Campaigns The splendid campaigns conducted by Lee and his Gen erals have, indeed, filled the civilized world with wonder and admiration, and the skill, the genius, the devoted courage, exhibited by those generals when struggling in the face of accumulating misfortunes, against the overwhelming masses pressing and gathering around them, have won for them a fame even more exalted than that achieved by the splendid triumphs of the earlier periods of the war. It is only now, however, when the confusion and detraction incident to the contest have ceased, that we can begin fully to appreciate the magnitude of the struggle, measure its proportions, study its aspects, and by comprehending the nature and ex tent of the forces employed by the contestants, accurately judge of the genius exhibited in directing them. As a means towards forming this judgment, the volume here offered to the public has been prepared. It contains, brie¿y, a compre hensive View of all the military operations undertaken by the Confederacy, analyzes the military talents, and measures the capabilities of each commander, follows each expedition on its course - describes its fortunes, and traces its effects. But as the work is Biographical as well as Historical, it attempts to portray the characteristics of the great Confederate leaders, and to exhibit the personal traits of men who for so long a time were the centre of the world's observation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.