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Introduction
- Civil War History
- The Kent State University Press
- Voume 3, Number 4, December 1957
- pp. 361-362
- 10.1353/cwh.1957.0011
- Article
- Additional Information
CIVIL WAR HISTORY Introduction rr is a pleasure t? introduce the articles in this special Lee issue of Civil War History. Not all the articles are directly about Robert E. Lee, but each is especially appropriate for inclusion here. Louis Rubin's fine article is a brilliant essay on Confederate historiography. James Robertson's piece is about that best loved of Confederate military organizations, the Stonewall Brigade. (And who can write of Lee without also writing of Jackson and his men?) Clifford Dowdey writes of the great Valley Campaign of Jackson , the campaign that proved Jackson's ability and made him Lee's strong right arm. Allen Moger writes of Lee's own college—Washington and Lee University. And Burke Davis contributes a vivid account of a crucial point in the career of General Lee and of the Confederacy. As for so many other evidences of generosity and friendship, I owe a special gratitude to Mrs. Douglas S. Freeman for permission to reprint the charming article on wartime Richmond by Dr. Freeman. Were it customary for an issue of a magazine to carry a dedicatory page, this issue of Civil War History should certainly be dedicated to Inez G. Freeman . Richard Barksdale Harwell Guest Editor 361 »HE ClVH, WAB IH AMERICA: OEHERAl. LEB, COMMANDER OP TUB CONFEDERATE ARU* IM BOBtBBBH VlBODOl.—FROM A SKETCH BY OUB SPSCIAI. ABTIST. The Illustrated London News, February 14, 1863 362 ...