02336nam 2200469Ia 450 991046129850332120200520144314.00-8078-6975-9(CKB)2670000000094262(EBL)716597(OCoLC)731646884(MiAaPQ)EBC716597(Au-PeEL)EBL716597(CaPaEBR)ebr10478392(CaONFJC)MIL930301(EXLCZ)99267000000009426219990107e19991965 ub 0engurcn|||||||||One of Lee's best men[electronic resource] the Civil War letters of General William Dorsey Pender /edited by William Woods Hassler ; with a new foreword by Brian WillsChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc19991 online resource (296 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-4823-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; The Letters; Afterword; Appendix: The Family; IndexOn the day that Lincoln was inaugurated in 1861, twenty-seven-year-old William Dorsey Pender, en route to the provisional Confederate capital in Montgomery, Alabama, hurriedly scribbled a note to his wife, Fanny. So began a prolific correspondence between a rising Confederate officer and his cherished wife that would last until Pender was mortally wounded at Gettysburg.First published by UNC Press in 1965, Pender's letters are filled with personal details, colorful descriptions, and candid opinions of such important figures as Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, J. E. B. Stuart, and A. PGeneralsConfederate States of AmericaCorrespondenceUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865CampaignsUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narratives, ConfederateElectronic books.Generals973.7/13/092Pender William Dorsey1834-1863.965825Hassler William W(William Woods),1917-965826MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461298503321One of Lee's best men2191460UNINA