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As the grandson of Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee and the nephew of Robert E. Lee, Fitzhugh Lee-nicknamed "Fitz"-was born into one of Virginia's most distinguished families. Upon graduation from West Point, Fitz Lee served in the U.S. Army until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he joined the Confederate cavalry forces. After participating in the Peninsula Campaign, he rapidly rose in rank, promoted first to brigadier general in July 1862, then to major general in the fall of 1863. Only twenty-seven years old, he commanded with distinction at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. Severely wounded in 1864, he subsequently returned to service and was promoted to commander of the cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia, which he led during the final campaigns of the war. After the war Fitz Lee served as governor of Virginia, commander of the U.S. Volunteers in the Spanish-American War, and postwar occupation commander in Cuba. He also wrote many popular works of military history and biography; his biography of Robert E. Lee is still in print. Acclaimed Civil War author Edward G. Longacre has combed family records, West Point cadet files, and the National Archives to produce a lively biography of one of the South's youngest and ablest cavalry commanders-a man who later became one of America's most distinguished military leaders

Caption title. ; At head of title : House of representatives, Dec. 29, 1864.--Read first and second times. Jan. 2, 1865.--Amended, engrossed, read a third time and passed. A. R. Lamar, clerk. Senate, Jan. 4, 1865.--Read first and second times, and referred to Committee on military affairs. Jan. 10, 1865.--Reported without amendment, laid on the table and ordered to be printed : fifty additional copies ordered to be printed. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; will digitize ; The online edition of this book in the public domain, i.e., not protected by copyright, has been produced by the Emory University Libraries

Laws enacted by the Provisional Congress and approved from Feb. 9 to Sept. 3, 1861. ; Parrish & Willingham. Confederate imprints, ; Mode of access: Internet.

By the summer of 1863, following Chancellorsville, it was clear to everyone on both sides of the Civil War that the Army of Northern Virginia was the most formidable force Americans had ever put in the field. It could only be ""tied"" in battle, if against great odds, but would more usually vanquish its opponents. A huge measure of that army's success was attributable to its cavalry arm, under Major General J.E.B. Stuart, which had literally ""run rings"" around its enemies.But Northern arithmetic and expertise were gradually catching up. In this work, the sequel to his acclaimed Year of Glory

"Articles of war": p. 407-420. ; Imperfections in printing: upper left corner of text and page number of p. 198 not printed; 34 numbered 4. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; will digitize ; The online edition of this book in the public domain, i.e., not protected by copyright, has been produced by Emory University Libraries.

Crandall ; "Acts and resolutions. Laws of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States in relation to the War Department": p. [1]-32 at end (with caption title only) ; Error in paging, 2d ser. of numbering: 3 numbered 5. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; will digitize ; The online edition of this book in the public domain, i.e., not protected by copyright, has been produced by Emory University Libraries.

House of Representatives, February 10, 1865.--Read first and second times, referred to a select committee of one from each state, and ordered to be printed. ; Parrish & Willingham. Confederate imprints, ; Mode of access: Internet.

Constitution for the Provisional government of the Confederate States of America -- Constitution of the Confederate States of America -- Extract from the Journal of Congress. ; Parrish and Willingham, ; Crandall, ; Mode of access: Internet.

They say time heals all wounds. That is, unless you are in the American south. Although the American civil war ended in 1865, the battle still rages on. This was made all too clear to me during two journeys through several of the old States of the Confederacy over the past 18 months. Adapted from the source document.