Virginia Warrior: Robert E. Lee's Agonizing Road to War
After his Mexican-American War triumph and success at Fort Carroll, Robert E Lee faced a decade of frustration that culminated in his being the man who stopped John Brown at Harper's Ferry, and soon faced the impossible choice between leading the armies of his nation or his native state when tensio…
From "Granny Lee" to Savior of Richmond: How Robert E Lee Almost Won the War after a Year of Disappointment
This is the story of how Robert E. Lee came to command the Army of Northern Virginia, and then used it to save Richmond while almost crushing McClellan in the Seven Days Battles. It is a story of early war debacles and embarrassments, prudent decision-making behind the scenes that led to Confederat…
The Great Partnership: Lee & Jackson's Rise to Glory (Part 1)
This episode traces the incredible, glorious partnership between Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson during the American Civil War. It begins with their contrasting backgrounds and temperaments, explaining why they together formed an especially effective command team for the Army of Northern Virgin…
Triumph to Tragedy: The Great Partnership of Lee and Jackson (Part 2)
After the Maryland campaign and bloody draw at Antietam, the Army of Northern Virginia rested and refitted in the Shenandoah Valley before returning to the Rappahannock. During this pause, Robert E. Lee refitted, disciplined, and reorganized his army to reflect his faith in Jackson while the Union …
The Gentleman Defeated: Lee Surrenders to Grant's Union Machine at Appomattox
This is the tale of how the Confederacy was defeated in the spring of 1865, tracking General Ulysses S. Grant's final victoyr at Petersburg after General John B. Gordon failed assault on Fort Stedman and the disaster at Five Forks. What followed was the chaotic evacuation of Richmond, the retreat o…
Lee Vs. Grant: How Lee Stopped the Union Juggernaut Against All Odds
In the autumn of 1863, after Gettysburg, the war in northern Virginia became a series of maneuvers between a depleted Union army and Robert E. Lee's weakened Army of Northern Virginia. Lee also had to detach James Longstreet to help Braxton Bragg in the West, leaving the Army of Northern Virginia b…
Savior of the South: How Robert E. Lee's Reconcilliation Campaign Saved Virginia
After his surrender at Appomattox, Robert E. Lee returned to a devastated Richmond and began his final campaign: helping Virginia recover and encouraging reconciliation. The war had left him with little money or property, his home at Arlington confiscated, his citizenship in question, and the threa…
Flower of the Virginia Gentry: The Legacy of Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee Is remembered as the "Marble Man," or the "Marble Model". A man so defined by his devotion to duty, personal virtue, and upright character as to seem chiselled from stone rather than made of flesh and blood. In this episode, Will examines that myth of Robert E Lee, discussing how his …
A Virginia Cavalier: Rooney Lee & The Habit of Command
This is the story of William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, the second son of Robert E. Lee and the man known to both his contemporaries and history as Rooney Lee. As a young man, he defined the Virginia "habit of command" while a beloved but not overly studious student at Harvard alongside Henry Adams. As an…
Virginia's Last Cavalier, America's Last Lee: The Life of Fitz Lee
"From plume to spur a Cavalier, who nobly wore a noble name." This is the final chapter in the series on the Lee Family of Virginia, covering the last of the great Lees, the last of the Virginia Cavaliers, the last shining flower of the Virginia gentry: Fitz Lee, the nephew of Robert E. Lee and Lau…
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