Death of an Assassin: The True Story of the German Murderer Who Died Defending Robert E. Lee

by Ann Marie Ackermann

From the depths of German and American archives comes a story one soldier never wanted told. The first volunteer killed defending Robert E. Lee's position in battle was really a German assassin. After fleeing to the United States to escape prosecution for murder, the assassin enlisted in a German company of the Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Mexican-American War and died defending Lee's battery at the Siege of Veracruz in 1847. Lee wrote a letter...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606353047
• ISBN13: 9781606353042
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Kent State University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"