Robert E Lee Marble Man

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Robert e lee marble man.

The noble face of the antebellum south the tragic embodiment of the lost cause the perfect man as a contemporary deemed him. 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 famous nickname at west point given by a classmate who saw him riding by was the marble man a distinctly curious image to apply to an 18 or 19 year old boy. Robert the marble man e.

Connelly explains that after robert e. Lee is still much a marble man. To those americans who revere him sadly a dwindling number these days robert e. Author 3 3 out of 5 stars 5 ratings see all formats and editions.

Civil war commanding his home state s armed forces and becoming general in chief of the confederate forces toward. The marble man s sense of humor paperback january 31 2006 by thomas forehand jr. Lee and his image in american society. Lee was both a military genius and a spiritual leader considered by many southerners and nonsoutherners alike to have been a near saint.

Who was robert e. Friday january 23 2009. 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. 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.

Lee at 5 47 pm 1 comment. Lee came to military prominence during the u s. 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. Connelly s the marble man.

He commanded the army of northern virginiafrom 1862 until its surrender in 1865 and earned a reputation as a skilled tactician. I remember looking at my troops while standing on. The iconoclastic connelly examined the deification of lee and detailed the conscious effort behind this process by lee s fellow virginians.