General Stephen D. Lee

by Herman Hattaway

Book Overview

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 case of unintended neglect by previous historians.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087805376X
• ISBN13: 9780878053766
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A solid man and general.

Very good book on a very solid Southern General. S.D. Lee is not a well known Civil War General but he played a hugh part in many campaigns. The book was written with an insight to the man and the general. I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to read about a solid, well rounded southern gentleman and general.