The Long Arm of Lee: The History of the Artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia, Volume 2: Chancellorsville to Appomattox

by Jennings Cropper Wise, Gary W. Gallagher (Introduction)

Overview

Originally published in 1915, when Jennings Cropper Wise was commandant of the Virginia Military Institute, The Long Arm of Lee has never been surpassed as an authoritative study of the Confederate artillery in the Civil War. Volume 1 described the organization and tactics of the field batteries of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia from the time of the Battle of Bull Run through the Maryland invasion. Volume 2, beginning with an account of the Chancellorsville campaign, includes a close look at the Battle of Gettysburg, in which tactical errors made by the Confederate side are reassessed. There was heroism aplenty, not only from generals like J.E.B. Stuart and Stonewall Jackson but also from ordinary ar-tillerymen who fought doggedly and resignedly until the end.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803297340
Publisher:	Nebraska
Publication date:	11/01/1991
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	582
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.30(d)

Editorial Reviews

"An exhaustive, valuable study, often consulted and widely quoted."—James I. Robertson, Jr., Civil War Books: A Critical Bibliography

James I. Robertson

"A most informative study. . . [that] contains many photographs not to be found elsewhere."—Douglas Southall Freeman, The South to Posterity: An Introduction to the Writing of Confederate History

Douglas Southall Freeman

"This basic book of Civil War history is an indispensable addition to the personal collection of the student of that war."—Military Affairs

Military Affairs

"A requisite for all general students of the Civil War. . . . [Lee's artillerymen] and their war deeds might be forgotten were it not for this wonderful account."—Civil War History

Civil War History