Robert E. Lee

ROBERT E. LEE, A VIRGINIAN, WAS A CLASSMATE OF ULYSSES S. GRANT, AN OHIOAN, AT WEST POINT, AND A COMRADE IN THE `OLD ARMY` DURING THE MEXICAN WAR. WITH THE ONSET OF CIVIL WAR, THEY FOUND THEMSELVES ENEMIES. WHILE GRANT WOULD FIGHT FOR THE SIDE THAT EVENTUALLY WON, AND WOULD ONE DAY BECOME PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, LEE ACHIEVED RIGHTFUL RECOGNITION AS THE GREATEST COMMANDER IN U.S. HISTORY. IN HIS NEW BOOK, RON FIELD, A FELLOW OF THE COMPANY OF MILITARY HISTORIANS BASED IN WASHINGTON DC, SEEKS TO CONVEY THE CHARACTER, OUTLOOK, BEARING, LEADERSHIP STYLE, AND MILITARY BRILLIANCE OF THE `OLD MAN` WITH THE USE OF LETTERS, NEWSPAPERS AND DIARIES.