Robert E. Lee in Texas introduces a little known phase of the great General's career-his service in Texas during the four turbulent years just preceding the Civil War. In this account Carl Coke Rister takes us with Lee to his lonely posts on the border, and we share with him...
Robert E. Lee In Texas is a historical book written by Carl Coke Rister. The book chronicles the period of Robert E. Lee's life when he served as a young engineer and a lieutenant in the United States Army in Texas. Lee arrived in Texas in 1856 and was assigned to oversee the...