Description Winner of the Austin Civil War Round Table\'s Laney Prize and the Virginia Historical Society\'s Richard L.
Mc Caslin, an associate professor of history at the University of North Texas, is the author or editor of twelve books, including The Last Stronghold: The Fort Fisher Campaign and Tainted Breeze: The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas, October 1862, winner of the Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize of the Texas State Historical Association..
About the Author Richard B.
The enduring paradox, Mc Caslin shows, is that Washington earned his reputation as a statesman, whereas Lee never escaped his self-imposed image as a revolutionary in Washington\'s shadow.
In this thematic biography, Mc Caslin locates the sources of Lee\'s devotion to Washington and shows how this bond affected his performance as a general.
Mc Caslin further demonstrates that Lee\'s true call to action was the legacy of the American Revolution viewed through his reverence for George Washington.
Lee\'s loyalty to Virginia was the key factor in his decision to join the Confederate cause, Richard B.
Slatten Award for Excellence in Virginia Biography While most historians agree that Robert E.
Description Winner of the Austin Civil War Round Table\'s Laney Prize and the Virginia Historical Society\'s Richard L
