Confederate General R.S. Ewell: Robert E. Lee's Hesitant Commander

Richard Stoddert Ewell is best known as the Confederate General selected by Robert E. Lee to replace """"Stonewall"""" Jackson as chief of the Second Corps in the Army of Northern Virginia. Ewell is also remembered as the general who failed to drive Federal troops from the high ground of Cemetery Hill and Culp's Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg. Many historians believe that Ewell's inaction cost the Confederates a victory in this seminal battle and, ultimately, cost the Civil War. During his lo

Author: Paul D. Casdorph
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 496
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.59lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.11d
ISBN: 9780813160276

About the Author

Paul D. Casdorph is the author of several books, including Lee and Jackson: Confederate Chieftains and Prince John Magruder: His Life and Campaigns.

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