The King of Spades – Life and Military Carrier of General Robert E. Lee
Sharpsburg to Gettysburg to Petersburg: The Army of Northern Virginia at WarBy John Esten Cooke
Length19h 41m
About this audiobook
This book explores the incredible life of the legendary General Robert E. Lee, one of the most prominent figures of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War. Readers will discover the Robert's formatting years and early life, but of course main focus in the book remains on Lee's military carrier, owing to the fact that his greatest accomplishments and legacy is his service as the commanding officer of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865.
Content:
Lee's Early Life
The Lees of Virginia
General "Light-horse Harry" Lee
Stratford
Lee's Early Manhood and Career in the United States Army
Lee and Scott
Lee Resigns
His Reception at Richmond
Lee in 1861
The War Begins
Lee's Advance Into Western Virginia
Lee's Last Interview With Bishop Meade
In Front of Richmond.
Plan of the Federal Campaign
Johnston Is Wounded
Lee Assigned to the Command
Stuart's "Ride Around Mcclellan"
On the Chickahominy
Lee's Plan of Assault
The Retreat
Richmond in Danger
The War Advances Northward
Lee's Protest
Lee's Manoeuvres
Lee Advances From the Rapidan
Jackson Flanks General Pope
The Second Battle of Manassas
Lee Invades Maryland.
Movements of the Two Armies
The Prelude to Sharpsburg
The Battle of Sharpsburg
Lee Concentrates at Fredericksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg
Advance of General Hooker
Jackson's Attack and Fall
The Battle of Chancellorsville
Circumstances Leading to the Invasion of Pennsylvania
Lee's Plans and Objects
The Cavalry-fight at Fleetwood
Lee in Pennsylvania
The Last Charge at Gettysburg
Lee's Retreat Across the Potomac
Last Campaigns of the Year 1863.
The Cavalry of Lee's Army
Lee Flanks General Meade
A Race Between Two Armies
The Advance to Mine Run
Lee in the Autumn and Winter of 1863
Lee's Last Campaigns and Last Days
First Battles at Petersburg
The Siege of Richmond Begun
The Mine Explosion
The Southern Lines Broken
Lee Evacuates Petersburg
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Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length19 hrs 41 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 20, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The King of Spades – Life and Military Carrier of General Robert E. Lee
52III LEE'S DETERMINATION
2PART I LEE'S EARLY LIFE
53IV JACKSON'S ATTACK AND FALL
3I INTRODUCTION
54V THE BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE
4II THE LEES OF VIRGINIA
55VI FLANK MOVEMENT OF GENERAL SEDGWICK
5III GENERAL "LIGHT-HORSE HARRY" LEE
56VII LEE'S GENERALSHIP AND PERSONAL DEMEANOR DURING THE CAMPAIGN
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6IV STRATFORD
57VIII PERSONAL RELATIONS OF LEE AND JACKSON
7V LEE'S EARLY MANHOOD AND CAREER IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY
58IX CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO THE INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA
8VI LEE AND SCOTT
59X LEE'S PLANS AND OBJECTS
9VII LEE RESIGNS
60XI THE CAVALRY-FIGHT AT FLEETWOOD
10VIII HIS RECEPTION AT RICHMOND
61XII THE MARCH TO GETTYSBURG
11IX LEE IN 1861
62XIII LEE IN PENNSYLVANIA
12X THE WAR BEGINS
63XIV CONCENTRATION AT GETTYSBURG
13XI LEE'S ADVANCE INTO WESTERN VIRGINIA
64XV THE FIRST DAY'S FIGHT AT GETTYSBURG
14XII LEE'S LAST INTERVIEW WITH BISHOP MEADE
65XVI THE TWO ARMIES IN POSITION
15PART II IN FRONT OF RICHMOND
66XVII THE SECOND DAY
16I PLAN OF THE FEDERAL CAMPAIGN
67XVIII THE LAST CHARGE AT GETTYSBURG
17II JOHNSTON IS WOUNDED
68XIX LEE AFTER THE CHARGE
18III LEE ASSIGNED TO THE COMMAND — HIS FAMILY AT THE WHITE HOUSE
69XX LEE'S RETREAT ACROSS THE POTOMAC
19IV LEE RESOLVES TO ATTACK
70XXI ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE AGAIN
20V STUART'S "RIDE AROUND McCLELLAN"
71PART VII LAST CAMPAIGNS OF THE YEAR 1863
21PART III ON THE CHICKAHOMINY
72I THE CAVALRY OF LEE'S ARMY
22I THE TWO ARMIES
73II LEE FLANKS GENERAL MEADE
23II LEE'S PLAN OF ASSAULT
74III A RACE BETWEEN TWO ARMIES
24III THE BATTLE OF THE CHICKAHOMINY
75IV THE FIGHT AT BUCKLAND
25IV THE RETREAT
76V THE ADVANCE TO MINE RUN
26V RICHMOND IN DANGER — LEE'S VIEWS
77VI LEE IN THE AUTUMN AND WINTER OF 1863
27VI LEE AND McCLELLAN — THEIR IDENTITY OF OPINION
78PART VIII LEE'S LAST CAMPAIGNS AND LAST DAYS
28PART IV THE WAR ADVANCES NORTHWARD
79I GENERAL GRANT CROSSES THE RAPIDAN
29I LEE'S PROTEST
80II THE FIRST COLLISION IN THE WILDERNESS
30II LEE'S MANOEUVRES
81III THE BATTLE OF THE 6TH OF MAY
31III LEE ADVANCES FROM THE RAPIDAN
82IV THE 12TH OF MAY
32IV JACKSON FLANKS GENERAL POPE
83V FROM SPOTTSYLVANIA TO THE CHICKAHOMINY
33V LEE FOLLOWS
84VI FIRST BATTLES AT PETERSBURG
34VI THE SECOND BATTLE OF MANASSAS
85VII THE SIEGE OF RICHMOND BEGUN
35PART V LEE INVADES MARYLAND
86VIII LEE THREATENS WASHINGTON
36I HIS DESIGNS
87IX THE MINE EXPLOSION
37II LEE IN MARYLAND
88X END OF THE CAMPAIGN OF 1864
38III MOVEMENTS OF THE TWO ARMIES
89XI LEE IN THE WINTER OF 1864-'65
39IV THE PRELUDE TO SHARPSBURG
90XII THE SITUATION AT THE BEGINNING OF 1865
40V THE BATTLE OF SHARPSBURG
91XIII LEE ATTACKS THE FEDERAL CENTRE
41VI LEE AND McCLELLAN — THEIR MERITS IN THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN
92XIV THE SOUTHERN LINES BROKEN
42VII LEE AND HIS MEN
93XV LEE EVACUATES PETERSBURG
43VIII LEE PASSES THE BLUE RIDGE
94XVI THE RETREAT AND SURRENDER
44IX LEE CONCENTRATES AT FREDERICKSBURG
95XVII LEE RETURNS TO RICHMOND
45X THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG
96XVIII GENERAL LEE AFTER THE WAR
46XI FINAL MOVEMENTS OF 1862
97XIX GENERAL LEE'S LAST YEARS AND DEATH
47XII THE YEAR OF BATTLES
98APPENDIX
48XIII LEE IN DECEMBER, 1862
99I THE FUNERAL OF GENERAL LEE
49PART VI CHANCELLORSVILLE AND GETTYSBURG
100II TRIBUTES TO GENERAL LEE (pt. 1)
50I ADVANCE OF GENERAL HOOKER
101II TRIBUTES TO GENERAL LEE (pt. 2)
51II THE WILDERNESS
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