A study in command is the most colorful and popular of douglas southall freemans works. A living history group portraying the hierarchy of the army of northern virginia. This topic has 3 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 2 years, 9 months ago by volunteer. A sweeping narrative that presents a multiple biography against the flameshot background of the american civil war, it is the story of the great figures of the army of northern virginia who fought under robert e. As in the first two volumes, portrait photographs, military maps, several appendixes, and a bibliography add to the clarity and richness of the book. Fairfax civil war days april 29, 2017 thanks to photographers joel wallen and john lorance. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Sears has collected a wealth of new sources for this definitive portrait of one of the most dramatic battles of the civil war. In volume one of lees lieutenants, douglas southall freeman provides a short and almost offhand account of two of the actors in the drama that was unfolding.
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