Suggested Readings: Confederate
ConfederateGeneral Lee's Army: From Victory to Collapse by Joseph Glatthaar. Lee by Douglas S. Freeman. Lee by Clifford Dowdey. Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through his Private Letters by Elizabeth Brown Pryor. Mighty Stonewall by Frank E. Vandiver. General James Longstreet by Jeffrey Wert. James Longstreet, Lee's War Horse by H.J. Eckenrode & Bryan Conrad. Gray Ghost: The Life of Col. John S. Mosby by James A. Ramage. Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour by William C. Davis. Four Years Under Marse Robert by Robert Stiles. Company Aytch by Samuel Watkins Carrying the Flag: The Story of Private Charles Whilden, the Confederacy's Most Unlikely Hero by Gordon Rhea |
Did You Know?
In 2003, a monument to the 7th Michigan Infantry was placed where that unit crossed the Rappahannock River into the streets of Fredericksburg. It was the first Union regiment to cross the river during the Battle of Fredericksburg.The monument is on Sophia Street at the foot of Hawke Street.