Lee's Aide-de-Camp
Lee's Aide-de-Camp

Author: Charles Marshall

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9780803282629

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Charles Marshall was appointed aide-de-camp to Robert E. Lee on 21 March 1862, and from then until the surrender, he stood at the general?s side. A military secretary, he compiled a remarkable, intimate account of the day-to-day wartime experience of the Confederacy?s most celebrated--and enigmatic--military figure. Marshall?s papers are of three sorts: those intended for a projected life of Lee, those intended for an account of the campaign at Gettysburg, and notes on events of the war. Collected here, these papers provide a unique firsthand look at Lee?s generalship?from the most complete account ever given of the fateful orders issued to Jeb Stuart at Gettysburg, to the only testimony from a Southern witness of the scene in McLean?s house at Appomattox. Marshall?s commentary addresses some of the war?s more intriguing questions: Whose idea was it to fight the second Manassas? What caused Jackson?s delays in the Battles of the Seven Days? Who devised the flank march around Hooker at Chancellorsville? This book?s insights into Robert E. Lee and his military strategy and its close-up report on the Confederacy?s war qualify it as an indispensable part of America?s historical record.

Memoirs of an Aide-de-Camp of Napoleon, 1800-1812
Memoirs of an Aide-de-Camp of Napoleon, 1800-1812

Author: Philip De Segur

Publisher: Nonsuch Publishing, Limited

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9781845880057

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This is a highly personal account of the author’s experiences in the army of Napoleon. The account starts with the author at the age of 19, and without having chosen a career, being inspired to join the cavalry after seeing a regiment of dragoons marching in Paris in 1800. The narrative traces the author’s remarkable rise through the ranks and his experiences under the command of Napoleon. The focus of the book is on military encounters, recording de Ségur’s involvement in the key battles that were to make France the dominant power of Europe in the early 19th century. Yet it is the personal details, such as Napoleon’s reaction to the tomb of Frederick the Great, discussions between Napoleon and his officers, and the author’s experiences away from the battlefield, which make this work a compelling and unique narrative of such an important period in European history.

George Washington's Indispensable Men
George Washington's Indispensable Men

Author: Arthur S. Lefkowitz

Publisher:

Published: 2018-07-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780811737913

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History has immortalized George Washington, but has largely forgotten those who helped to propel him to greatness--the men who served as his aides-de-camp during the Revolutionary War. George Washington's Indispensable Men details their fascinating and sometimes tragic lives, providing a new and refreshing look at the American Revolution.

The Aide-De-Camp
The Aide-De-Camp

Author: James D. McCabe Jr.

Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag

Published: 2014-04-07

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 3849643751

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The romance of "The Aid-De-Camp" was written during the fall of 1862, more for the purpose of beguiling a season of weariness than with the expectation of presenting it to the public. It was originally published in "The Magnolia Weekly" and turned out to be the greatest success of its author and one of the most prominent belles-lettres of that time.