General Stephen D. Lee

University Press of Mississippi (Editora)

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This biographical portrait by a well known Civil War historian brings much deserved attention to an exceptional Confederate military figure who became one of the New South's most progressive leaders.

Herman Hattaway's clear, swift narrative depicts Lee in brilliant performance at Second Manassas, Chickasaw Bayou, Nashville, and after the war as a leader who used his military skills and discipline to work in bringing prosperity and education into the defeated South.

After the war Lee established a home in Mississippi and found fulfillment in his calling to be the first president of Mississippi A & M College (today Mississippi State University), where he preached the message of applying brain power to farming. His admirers bestowed upon him the title "Father of Industrial Education in the South."

Though the significance of Stephen D. Lee was long overlooked in historical perspectives of the Civil War and the development of the New South, Hattaway's appreciative study has remedied a

Sobre o Livro

Biografia centrada na carreira militar de Stephen D. Lee, com atenção a batalhas como Second Manassas e Nashville e à sua atuação durante a Guerra Civil.

Narrativa que acompanha a transição pós-guerra de Lee para a vida civil no Mississippi, destacando seu papel na educação agrícola e no desenvolvimento de práticas aplicadas à agricultura.

Texto indicado para leitores de história militar e sulista, pesquisadores e estudantes universitários interessados em biografias de lideranças do século XIX e na formação do Novo Sul.

Características

Categoria	História americana
Subcategoria	Biografia
Autores	Herman Hattaway
Sobre o Autor	Herman Hattaway é historiador com publicações sobre a Guerra Civil e temas relacionados ao Sul dos Estados Unidos.