Confederate General R.S. Ewell: Robert E. Lee's Hesitant Commander

By Paul D. Casdorph

Book Overview

Richard Stoddert Ewell is best known as the Confederate General selected by Robert E. Lee to replace """"Stonewall"""" Jackson as chief of the Second Corps in the Army of Northern Virginia. Ewell is also remembered as the general who failed to drive Federal troops from the high ground of Cemetery Hill and Culp's Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg. Many historians believe that Ewell's inaction cost the Confederates a victory in this seminal battle and, ultimately, cost the Civil War. During his lo

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813160278
• ISBN13: 9780813160276
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher