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A vivid account of life in Lee's army; Based on research in more than 1,200 wartime letters and diaries by more than 400 Confederate officers and enlisted men, Lee's Miserables offers a compelling social history of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia during its final year, from May 1864 to April 1865. The book uses the words of the soldiers themselves to provide a richly detailed view of the army's experiences in camp, on the march, in combat, and under siege - from the battles in the Wilderness to the final retreat to Appomattox.

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One of the finest works ever written on the Army of Northern Virginia. ( Civil War History ) A classic Civil War study--immensely useful to the historian, vigorous and enlightening to the common reader. It is a glimpse into the American soul: what is best and worst about us, our riches and griefs, discontents, yearnings, murderous urges, and abiding faith. ( Washington Post Book World ) A landmark book. When the end came, the men of the Army of Northern Virginia passed into legend. Power's important study brings a large measure of reality back to their story. ( American History ) Traces the human side of the war through the men who fought it and not through the historians' contemporary lens. It is a marvelous and, at times, an overwhelming volume as soldier after soldier speaks directly to the reader from his diary or letters. ( Civil War Courier ) Power has set a new standard, placed the bar a little higher in the study of a Civil War soldier's life. This great story of the final year in the life of the army of Northern Virginia is no longer scattered among numerous primary accounts but now awaits in the pages of Lee's Miserables . ( Charleston Post and Courier )

Traces the human side of the war through the men who fought it and not through the historians' contemporary lens. It is a marvelous and, at times, an overwhelming volume as soldier after soldier speaks directly to the reader from his diary or letters. ( Civil War Courier ) One of the finest works ever written on the Army of Northern Virginia. ( Civil War History ) A landmark book. When the end came, the men of the Army of Northern Virginia passed into legend. Power's important study brings a large measure of reality back to their story. ( American History ) A classic Civil War study--immensely useful to the historian, vigorous and enlightening to the common reader. It is a glimpse into the American soul: what is best and worst about us, our riches and griefs, discontents, yearnings, murderous urges, and abiding faith. ( Washington Post Book World ) Power has set a new standard, placed the bar a little higher in the study of a Civil War soldier's life. This great story of the final year in the life of the army of Northern Virginia is no longer scattered among numerous primary accounts but now awaits in the pages of Lee's Miserables . ( Charleston Post and Courier )

Power has set a new standard, placed the bar a little higher in the study of a Civil War soldier's life. This great story of the final year in the life of the army of Northern Virginia is no longer scattered among numerous primary accounts but now awaits in the pages of Lee's Miserables, ( Charleston Post and Courier )

Power has set a new standard, placed the bar a little higher in the study of a Civil War soldier's life. This great story of the final year in the life of the army of Northern Virginia is no longer scattered among numerous primary accounts but now awaits in the pages of Lee's Miserables . ( Charleston Post and Courier )

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J. Tracy Power is a historian with the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.

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