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- catalog abstract ""Few events in Civil War history have generated such deliberate mythmaking as the retreat that ended at Appomattox. As the popular imagination would have it, Robert E. Lee's tattered, starving, but devoted troops found themselves hopelessly surrounded through no fault of their beloved commander, who surrendered them rather than sacrifice their lives. Victors and vanquished met at Appomattox in a surrender ceremony marked by a spirit of mutual regard, with the erstwhile opponents exchanging snappy salutes as the Confederates marched in to stack their weapons." "According to William Marvel, this tale is a tissue of untruths that sprang from the imaginations of Lost Cause historians and some participating generals well practiced in the art of fabricating popular legends. In Lee's Last Retreat, Marvel offers the first history of the Appomattox campaign written primarily from contemporary source material, with a skeptical eye toward memoirs published well after the events they purport to describe."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12675380.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""According to William Marvel, this tale is a tissue of untruths that sprang from the imaginations of Lost Cause historians and some participating generals well practiced in the art of fabricating popular legends. In Lee's Last Retreat, Marvel offers the first history of the Appomattox campaign written primarily from contemporary source material, with a skeptical eye toward memoirs published well after the events they purport to describe."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""Few events in Civil War history have generated such deliberate mythmaking as the retreat that ended at Appomattox. As the popular imagination would have it, Robert E. Lee's tattered, starving, but devoted troops found themselves hopelessly surrounded through no fault of their beloved commander, who surrendered them rather than sacrifice their lives. Victors and vanquished met at Appomattox in a surrender ceremony marked by a spirit of mutual regard, with the erstwhile opponents exchanging snappy salutes as the Confederates marched in to stack their weapons."".
- catalog description "1. Spring -- 2. Monday, April -- 3. Tuesday, April -- 4. Wednesday, April -- 5. Thursday, April -- 6. Friday, April -- 7. Saturday, April -- 8. Sunday, April -- 9. Peace -- Appendix A: Troop Strength -- Appendix B: The Fatal Delay -- Appendix C: The Removal of Anderson, Johnson, and Pickett -- Order of Battle -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Sources and Acknowledgments -- Index.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-295) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 308 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Lee's last retreat.".
- catalog identifier "0807827452 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Lee's last retreat.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,".
- catalog relation "Lee's last retreat.".
- catalog subject "973.7/38 21".
- catalog subject "Appomattox Campaign, 1865.".
- catalog subject "E477.67 .M37 2002".
- catalog subject "Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Spring -- 2. Monday, April -- 3. Tuesday, April -- 4. Wednesday, April -- 5. Thursday, April -- 6. Friday, April -- 7. Saturday, April -- 8. Sunday, April -- 9. Peace -- Appendix A: Troop Strength -- Appendix B: The Fatal Delay -- Appendix C: The Removal of Anderson, Johnson, and Pickett -- Order of Battle -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Sources and Acknowledgments -- Index.".
- catalog title "Lee's last retreat : the flight to Appomattox / William Marvel.".
- catalog type "text".