Lee’s Lieutenants — A Study in Command, Vol 1
Written by Douglas Southall Freeman
Read by Edison McDaniels
Listen to this extraordinary audiobook — the original unabridged edition — at https://on.soundcloud.com/Ux2x3
In 1934, Douglas Southall Freeman published his definitive four volume study on RE Lee. He had intended to move on to another part of American history after that, but discovered he could not move on without studying Lee’s subordinates in command, his lieutenants in the War Between the States. The result was this equally exhaustive three volume study of the command structure of the Army of Northern Virginia. Over 2,100 pages in length, and written in Freeman’s usual novelistic prose, this stunning work brings the listener onto the battlefield and into the thoughts of those who lead the fight on the Confederate side.
This is a sweeping narrative, a multi-biographical study of those who fought the good fight. They won many victories, but suffered immense casualties and ultimate defeat. It is a story of death and destruction, heroism and stupidity, the characteristics that make great leadership and the flaws that make men mortal.
This is the full three volume work, in all its glory. Not an abridgment.
Vol 1: Manassas to Malvern Hill
Vol 2: Cedar Mountain to Chancellorsville
Vol 3: Gettysburg to Appomattox
