PREFACE



tions, which it is hoped may prove sufficiently
complete to enable the interested reader to follow
intelligently the masterly campaigns on which
Lee's fame as a soldier is founded.
  The authorities consulted in my studies cover
a wide range of reports, histories, biographies,
personal memoirs, and personal letters, to which
I gratefully acknowledge my indebtedness, es-
pecially to General Long's "Life of Lee, " Dr.
J. W. Jones's "Personal Reminiscences of Lee,"
General Fitzhugh Lee's "Lee, " and Captain
R. E. Lee's "Personal Recollections and Letters
of General Lee. ")
  I desire, however, to signalize certain authori-
ties whose masterly studies have been found gen-
erally so accurate as to appear conclusive on the
subjects of which they have treated. These are
Mr. John C. Ropes's "Story of the Civil War,"
Colonel William Allan's " Army of Northern
Virginia, " Colonel G. F. R. Henderson's "Life
of Stonewall Jackson," Major John Bigelow,
Jr.'s, "Campaign of Chancellorsville" (the most
complete and authoritative history of any battle
ever fought on American soil), and, finally, Gen-
eral A. A. Humphreys's "The Virginia Campaign
of '64 and '65. " These I have often followed
closely and, though I have not always adopted
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