Robert E Lee Marble Man

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Robert e lee marble man.

Connelly s the marble man. The iconoclastic connelly examined the deification of lee and detailed the conscious effort behind this process by lee s fellow virginians. Lee came to military prominence during the u s. I remember looking at my troops while standing on.

Civil war commanding his home state s armed forces and becoming general in chief of the confederate forces toward. Lee was both a military genius and a spiritual leader considered by many southerners and nonsoutherners alike to have been a near saint. In the marble man a leading civil war military historian examines the hold of lee on the american mind and traces the campaign in historiography that elevated him to national hero status. Lee s nicknames are documented in this site.

To those americans who revere him sadly a dwindling number these days robert e. The noble face of the antebellum south the tragic embodiment of the lost cause the perfect man as a contemporary deemed him. I have had the longest and most disappointing days in my life. He commanded the army of northern virginiafrom 1862 until its surrender in 1865 and earned a reputation as a skilled tactician.

Signature robert edward lee january 19 1807 october 12 1870 was an american confederategeneral best known as a commander of the confederate states armyduring the american civil war. The first real crack in the pedestal upon which lee had been placed came in 1977 with the publication of thomas l. The marble man s sense of humor paperback january 31 2006 by thomas forehand jr. Lee at 5 47 pm 1 comment.

Connelly explains that after robert e. Lee and his image in american society. The battle of sharpsburg was the beginning of the end and it was by far one of the most tragic conflicts i have ever taken part in. Lee died in 1870 the lee and virginia cults vindicated lee as the righteous loser and established him as a victory symbol as well as a symbol of defeat 93 94.

Nickname given to lee by his west point classmates as he was the model student. Robert the marble man e. Lee is still much a marble man.