The Quotable Robert E. Lee: Selections From the Writings and Speeches of the South's Most Beloved Civil War General

Ask the average American who their favorite Civil War general is and you will invariably get the name of the blue-coated Union military hero Ulysses S. Grant. Victorian Yankees loved him so much they put his face on their fifty-dollar bill and made him president of the United States - twice. We in the South, however, prefer our Civil War generals in Confederate gray, and none wore it better, or more nobly and prouder, than Robert E. Lee.

Whether you are new to the "Great Virginian" or a long...