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A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee

by John Esten Cooke

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  1. 1By John Esten Cooke — I — Introduction
  2. 2II — The Lees of Virginia
  3. 3III — General “Light-Horse Harry” Lee
  4. 4IV — Stratford
  5. 5V — Lee’s Early Manhood and Career in the United States Army
  6. 6VI — Lee and Scott
  7. 7VII — Lee Resigns
  8. 8VIII — His Reception at Richmond
  9. 9IX — Lee in 1861
  10. 10X — The War Begins
  11. 11XI — Lee’s Advance Into Western Virginia
  12. 12XII — Lee’s Last Interview With Bishop Meade
  13. 13Part II — In Front of Richmond
  14. 14II — Johnston Is Wounded
  15. 15III — Lee Assigned to the Command — His Family at the White House
  16. 16IV — Lee Resolves to Attack
  17. 17V — Stuart’s “Ride Around McClellan”
  18. 18Part III — On the Chickahominy
  19. 19II — Lee’s Plan of Assault
  20. 20III — The Battle of the Chickahominy
  21. 21IV — The Retreat
  22. 22V — Richmond in Danger — Lee’s Views
  23. 23VI — Lee and McClellan — Their Identity of Opinion
  24. 24Part IV — The War Advances Northward
  25. 25II — Lee’s Manoeuvres
  26. 26III — Lee Advances From the Rapidan
  27. 27IV — Jackson Flanks General Pope
  28. 28V — Lee Follows
  29. 29VI — The Second Battle of Manassas
  30. 30Part V — Lee Invades Maryland
  31. 31II — Lee in Maryland
  32. 32III — Movements of the Two Armies
  33. 33IV — The Prelude to Sharpsburg
  34. 34V — The Battle of Sharpsburg
  35. 35VI — Lee and McClellan — Their Merits in the Maryland Campaign
  36. 36VII — Lee and His Men
  37. 37VIII — Lee Passes the Blue Ridge
  38. 38IX — Lee Concentrates at Fredericksburg
  39. 39X — The Battle of Fredericksburg
  40. 40XI | Final Movements of 1862
  41. 41XII — The Year of Battles
  42. 42XIII — Lee in December, 1862
  43. 43Part VI — Chancellorsville and Gettysburg
  44. 44II — The Wilderness
  45. 45III — Lee’s Determination
  46. 46V — The Battle of Chancellorsville
  47. 47VII — Lee’s Generalship and Personal Demeanor During the Campaign
  48. 48VIII — Personal Relations of Lee and Jackson
  49. 49IX — Circumstances Leading to the Invasion of Pennsylvania
  50. 50X — Lee’s Plans and Objects
  51. 51XI — The Cavalry-Fight at Fleetwood
  52. 52XII — The March to Gettysburg
  53. 53XIII — Lee in Pennsylvania
  54. 54XIV — Concentration at Gettysburg
  55. 55XV — The First Day’s Fight at Gettysburg
  56. 56XVI — The Two Armies in Position
  57. 57XVII — The Second Day
  58. 58XVIII — The Last Charge at Gettysburg
  59. 59XIX — Lee After the Charge
  60. 60XX — Lee’s Retreat Across the Potomac
  61. 61XXI — Across the Blue Ridge Again
  62. 62Part VII — Last Campaigns of the Year 1863
  63. 63II — Lee Flanks General Meade
  64. 64III — A Race Between Two Armies
  65. 65IV — The Fight at Buckland
  66. 66V — The Advance to Mine Run
  67. 67VI — Lee in the Autumn and Winter of 1863
  68. 68Part VIII — Lee’s Last Campaigns and Last Days
  69. 69II — The First Collision in the Wilderness
  70. 70III — The Battle of the 6th of May
  71. 71IV — The 12th of May
  72. 72V — From Spottsylvania to the Chickahominy
  73. 73VI — First Battles at Petersburg
  74. 74VII — The Siege of Richmond Begun
  75. 75VIII — Lee Threatens Washington
  76. 76IX — The Mine Explosion
  77. 77X — End of the Campaign of 1864
  78. 78XI — Lee in the Winter of 1864-’65
  79. 79XII — The Situation at the Beginning of 1865
  80. 80XIII — Lee Attacks the Federal Centre
  81. 81XIV — The Southern Lines Broken
  82. 82XV — Lee Evacuates Petersburg
  83. 83XVI — The Retreat and Surrender
  84. 84XVII — Lee Returns to Richmond
  85. 85XVIII — General Lee After the War
  86. 86XIX — General Lee’s Last Years and Death
  87. 87Appendix
  88. 88I — The Funeral of General Lee
  89. 89II — Tributes to General Lee

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