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* Flood, Charles Bracelen. ''Lee — The Last Years'' 1981.  
* Flood, Charles Bracelen. ''Lee — The Last Years'' 1981.  
* Freeman, Douglas S., ''R. E. Lee, A Biography'' (4 volumes), Scribners, 1934 [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/People/Robert_E_Lee/FREREL/home.html (online in its entirety)]. The longest and most influential biography, by Pulitzer prize winner
* Freeman, Douglas S., ''R. E. Lee, A Biography'' (4 volumes), Scribners, 1934 [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/People/Robert_E_Lee/FREREL/home.html (online in its entirety)]. The longest and most influential biography, by Pulitzer prize winner
''Lee the Soldier.'' (1996)  
* Gallagher, Gary W. ''Lee the Soldier.'' (1996) [http://www.amazon.com/Lee-Soldier-Gary-W-Gallagher/dp/0803270844/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195169656&sr=8-7 excerpt and text search]
* Gallagher; Gary W. ''Lee & His Army in Confederate History.'' (2001)  
* Gallagher; Gary W. ''Lee & His Army in Confederate History.'' (2001)  
* Gallagher, Gary W. ed. ''The Wilderness Campaign'' (1997) [http://www.amazon.com/Wilderness-Campaign-Military-Campaigns-Civil/dp/0807823341/ref=sr_1_7/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194127507&sr=1-7 excerpt and text search]
* McWhiney, Grady, ''Battle in the Wilderness: Grant Meets Lee'' (1995)
* McCaslin, Richard B.  ''Lee in the Shadow of Washington.'' (2001).   
* McCaslin, Richard B.  ''Lee in the Shadow of Washington.'' (2001).   
* Matter, William D., ''If It Takes All Summer: The Battle of Spotsylvania'' (1988) [http://www.amazon.com/If-Takes-All-Summer-Spotsylvania/dp/0807817813/ref=sr_1_4/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194128725&sr=8-4 excerpt and text search]
* Pryor, Elizabeth Brown; ''Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters.'' (2007).
* Pryor, Elizabeth Brown; ''Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters.'' (2007).
*  Reid, Brian Holden.  ''Robert E. Lee: Icon for a Nation'', (2005).  
*  Reid, Brian Holden.  ''Robert E. Lee: Icon for a Nation'', (2005).  
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===Military campaigns===
===Military campaigns===
* Brown, Kent Masterson.  ''Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign.'' (2005).   
see also [[U.S. Civil War, Bibliography]]
 
* Brown, Kent Masterson.  ''Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign.'' U. of North Carolina Press, 2005.  [http://www.amazon.com/Retreat-Gettysburg-Logistics-Pennsylvania-Campaign/dp/0807829218/ref=sr_1_10/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194199033&sr=1-10  excerpt and text search]
* Cavanaugh, Michael A. and William Marvel, ''The Petersburg Campaign: The Battle of the Crater: "The Horrid Pit," June 25-August 6, 1864'' (1989)  
* Cavanaugh, Michael A. and William Marvel, ''The Petersburg Campaign: The Battle of the Crater: "The Horrid Pit," June 25-August 6, 1864'' (1989)  
* Davis, William C. ''Death in the Trenches: Grant at Petersburg'' (1986).  
* Coddington, Edwin B. ''The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command (1968), the best single book; [http://www.amazon.com/Gettysburg-Campaign-Study-Command/dp/0684845695/ref=sr_1_13/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194199232&sr=1-13  excerpt and text search]
* Dowdey, Clifford. ''The Seven Days'' 1964.  
* Dowdey, Clifford. ''The Seven Days'' 1964.  
* Freeman, Douglas S. ''Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command'' (3 volumes), (1946), ISBN 0-684-85979-3.  
* Freeman, Douglas S. ''Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command'' (3 volumes), (1946), ISBN 0-684-85979-3.  
* Fuller, Maj. Gen. J. F. C. ''Grant and Lee, A Study in Personality and Generalship'' (1957), ISBN 0-253-13400-5.
* Fuller, Maj. Gen. J. F. C. ''Grant and Lee, A Study in Personality and Generalship'' (1957), ISBN 0-253-13400-5.
* Gallagher, Gary W., ed.  ''Three Days at Gettysburg: Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership'' (1999) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=102369700 online edition]
* Gallagher, Gary ed. ''The Second Day at Gettysburg and Beyond''  (1993) [http://www.amazon.com/Second-Day-Gettysburg-Confederate-Leadership/dp/0873384822/ref=sr_1_30/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194199306&sr=1-30  excerpt and text search]
* Gallagher, Gary ed. ''The Third Day at Gettysburg and Beyond''  (1994)
* Gott, Kendall D. ''Where the South Lost the War: An Analysis of the Fort Henry-Fort Donelson Campaign, February 1862'', (2003), ISBN 0-8117-0049-6.
* Gott, Kendall D. ''Where the South Lost the War: An Analysis of the Fort Henry-Fort Donelson Campaign, February 1862'', (2003), ISBN 0-8117-0049-6.
* Grimsley, Mark, ''And Keep Moving On: The Virginia Campaign, May-June 1864'' (2002).  
* Grimsley, Mark, ''And Keep Moving On: The Virginia Campaign, May-June 1864'' (2002).  
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* Marvel, William.  ''Lee's Last Retreat: The Flight to Appomattox.'' (2002).   
* Marvel, William.  ''Lee's Last Retreat: The Flight to Appomattox.'' (2002).   
* Matter, William D. ''If It Takes All Summer: The Battle of Spotsylvania'' (1988)
* Matter, William D. ''If It Takes All Summer: The Battle of Spotsylvania'' (1988)
* Rhea, Gordon C. ''The Battle of the Wilderness May 5–6, 1864'', (1994), ISBN 0-8071-1873-7.
* Rhea, Gordon C. ''The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern May 7–12, 1864'', (1997), ISBN 0-8071-2136-3.
* Rhea, Gordon C. ''To the North Anna River: Grant and Lee, May 13–25, 1864'', (2000), ISBN 0-8071-2535-0.
* Rhea, Gordon C. ''Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26 – June 3, 1864'', (2002), ISBN 0-8071-2803-1.
* Miller, J. Michael, ''The North Anna Campaign: "Even to Hell Itself," May 21-26, 1864'' (1989).
* Miller, J. Michael, ''The North Anna Campaign: "Even to Hell Itself," May 21-26, 1864'' (1989).
* Nofi, Albert A. ''The Gettysburg Campaign, June-July 1863'' (1997) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=100872881 online edition]; [http://www.amazon.com/Gettysburg-Campaign-June-July-Great-Campaigns/dp/0938289837/ref=sr_1_44/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194199417&sr=1-44  excerpt and text search]
* Pfanz, Harry W. ''Gettysburg: The First Day'' (2000) [http://www.amazon.com/Gettysburg-First-Day-Civil-America/dp/0807826243/ref=sr_1_33/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194199306&sr=1-33  excerpt and text search]
* Pfanz, Harry W. ''Gettysburg: The Second Day'' (1987) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=98525630 online edition] [http://www.amazon.com/Gettysburg-Second-Day-Harry-Pfanz/dp/0807847305/ref=sr_1_19/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194199232&sr=1-19  excerpt and text search]
* Rhea, Gordon C., ''The Battle of the Wilderness May 5–6, 1864'', (1994) ISBN 0-8071-1873-7. [http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Wilderness-May-5-6-1864/dp/0807130214/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194127507&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Rhea, Gordon C., ''The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern May 7–12, 1864'', (1997), ISBN 0-8071-2136-3. [http://www.amazon.com/Battles-Spotsylvania-Court-Yellow-Tavern/dp/0807121363/ref=sr_1_3/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194127507&sr=1-3  excerpt and text search]
* Rhea, Gordon C., ''To the North Anna River: Grant and Lee, May 13–25, 1864'', (2000), ISBN 0-8071-2535-0. [http://www.amazon.com/North-Anna-River-Grant-13-25/dp/0807125350/ref=sr_1_4/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194127507&sr=1-4 excerpt and text search]
* Rhea, Gordon C., ''Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26 – June 3, 1864'', (2002), ISBN 0-8071-2803-1.
* Sears, Stephen W. ''Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam'' (2003)  [http://www.amazon.com/Landscape-Turned-Red-Battle-Antietam/dp/0618344195/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195169982&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Sears, Stephen W. ''Gettysburg'' (2004)  [http://www.amazon.com/Gettysburg-Stephen-W-Sears/dp/0618485384/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194199033&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search]
* Trudeau, Noah. ''Bloody Roads South: The Wilderness to Cold Harbor, May-June 1864'' (2002) [http://www.amazon.com/Bloody-Roads-South-Wilderness-May-June/dp/0807126446/ref=sr_1_11/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194127507&sr=1-11 excerpt and text search]
* Trudeau, Noah Andrew. ''The Last Citadel: Petersburg,  Virginia, June 1864-April 1865'' (1991)
* Woodworth, Steven E.  ''Beneath a Northern Sky: A Short History of the Gettysburg Campaign.'' (2003). 241 pp.


===Primary sources===
===Primary sources===

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Robert E. Lee

Bibliography

Biographical

  • Blount, Roy, Jr. Robert E. Lee (2003). 210 pp. short popular biography
  • Carmichael, Peter S. ed. Audacity Personified: The Generalship of Robert E. Lee (2004).
  • Connelly, Thomas L. "The Image and the General: Robert E. Lee in American Historiography." Civil War History 19 (March 1973): 50-64.
  • Connelly, Thomas L. The Marble Man. Robert E. Lee and His Image in American Society. (1977).
  • Connelly, Thomas L. "Robert E. Lee and the Western Confederacy: A Criticism of Lee's Strategic Ability." Civil War History 15 (June 1969): 116-32
  • Cooke, John E. "A Life of General Robert E. Lee" (2004).
  • Dowdey, Clifford. Lee 1965.
  • Fellman, Michael. The Making of Robert E. Lee. (2000) (ISBN 0-679-45650-3).
  • Fishwick, Marshall W. Lee after the War 1963.
  • Flood, Charles Bracelen. Lee — The Last Years 1981.
  • Freeman, Douglas S., R. E. Lee, A Biography (4 volumes), Scribners, 1934 (online in its entirety). The longest and most influential biography, by Pulitzer prize winner
  • Gallagher, Gary W. Lee the Soldier. (1996) excerpt and text search
  • Gallagher; Gary W. Lee & His Army in Confederate History. (2001)
  • Gallagher, Gary W. ed. The Wilderness Campaign (1997) excerpt and text search
  • McWhiney, Grady, Battle in the Wilderness: Grant Meets Lee (1995)
  • McCaslin, Richard B. Lee in the Shadow of Washington. (2001).
  • Matter, William D., If It Takes All Summer: The Battle of Spotsylvania (1988) excerpt and text search
  • Pryor, Elizabeth Brown; Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters. (2007).
  • Reid, Brian Holden. Robert E. Lee: Icon for a Nation, (2005).
  • Thomas, Emory Robert E. Lee (1995) (ISBN 0-393-03730-4) full-scale biography

Military campaigns

see also U.S. Civil War, Bibliography

  • Brown, Kent Masterson. Retreat from Gettysburg: Lee, Logistics, and the Pennsylvania Campaign. U. of North Carolina Press, 2005. excerpt and text search
  • Cavanaugh, Michael A. and William Marvel, The Petersburg Campaign: The Battle of the Crater: "The Horrid Pit," June 25-August 6, 1864 (1989)
  • Coddington, Edwin B. The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command (1968), the best single book; excerpt and text search
  • Dowdey, Clifford. The Seven Days 1964.
  • Freeman, Douglas S. Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command (3 volumes), (1946), ISBN 0-684-85979-3.
  • Fuller, Maj. Gen. J. F. C. Grant and Lee, A Study in Personality and Generalship (1957), ISBN 0-253-13400-5.
  • Gallagher, Gary W., ed. Three Days at Gettysburg: Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership (1999) online edition
  • Gallagher, Gary ed. The Second Day at Gettysburg and Beyond (1993) excerpt and text search
  • Gallagher, Gary ed. The Third Day at Gettysburg and Beyond (1994)
  • Gott, Kendall D. Where the South Lost the War: An Analysis of the Fort Henry-Fort Donelson Campaign, February 1862, (2003), ISBN 0-8117-0049-6.
  • Grimsley, Mark, And Keep Moving On: The Virginia Campaign, May-June 1864 (2002).
  • Harsh, Joseph L. Taken at the Flood: Robert E. Lee and Confederate Strategy in the Maryland Campaign of 1862 (1999)
  • McWhiney, Grady, Battle in the Wilderness: Grant Meets Lee (1995)
  • Maney, R. Wayne, Marching to Cold Harbor. Victory and Failure, 1864 (1994).
  • Marvel, William. Lee's Last Retreat: The Flight to Appomattox. (2002).
  • Matter, William D. If It Takes All Summer: The Battle of Spotsylvania (1988)
  • Miller, J. Michael, The North Anna Campaign: "Even to Hell Itself," May 21-26, 1864 (1989).
  • Nofi, Albert A. The Gettysburg Campaign, June-July 1863 (1997) online edition; excerpt and text search
  • Pfanz, Harry W. Gettysburg: The First Day (2000) excerpt and text search
  • Pfanz, Harry W. Gettysburg: The Second Day (1987) online edition excerpt and text search
  • Rhea, Gordon C., The Battle of the Wilderness May 5–6, 1864, (1994) ISBN 0-8071-1873-7. excerpt and text search
  • Rhea, Gordon C., The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern May 7–12, 1864, (1997), ISBN 0-8071-2136-3. excerpt and text search
  • Rhea, Gordon C., To the North Anna River: Grant and Lee, May 13–25, 1864, (2000), ISBN 0-8071-2535-0. excerpt and text search
  • Rhea, Gordon C., Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26 – June 3, 1864, (2002), ISBN 0-8071-2803-1.
  • Sears, Stephen W. Landscape Turned Red: The Battle of Antietam (2003) excerpt and text search
  • Sears, Stephen W. Gettysburg (2004) excerpt and text search
  • Trudeau, Noah. Bloody Roads South: The Wilderness to Cold Harbor, May-June 1864 (2002) excerpt and text search
  • Trudeau, Noah Andrew. The Last Citadel: Petersburg, Virginia, June 1864-April 1865 (1991)
  • Woodworth, Steven E. Beneath a Northern Sky: A Short History of the Gettysburg Campaign. (2003). 241 pp.

Primary sources

  • Dowdey, Clifford. and Louis H. Manarin, eds. The Wartime Papers of R. E. Lee. (1961).
  • Freeman, Douglas Southall. ed. Unpublished Letters of General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A. to Jefferson Davis and the War Department of the Confederate States of America, 1862-65. Rev. ed. with foreword by Grady McWhiney. (1957).
  • Johnson, R. U. and Buel, C. C. eds. Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. 4 vols. New York, 1887-88; essays by leading generals of both sides; online edition
  • Taylor, Walter H. Four Years with General Lee Reprint. (1962).
  • Taylor, Walter H. General Lee — His Campaigns in Virginia, 1861-1865. Reprint. (1975)
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