BOOKS.

THE ARMY OF ROBERT. E. LEE

This weeks book is a re-read from my library. A good basic book clearly describing the Army of Northern Virginia with some interesting pen pictures of the most prominent Confederate Generals too.Quite a lot of detail on  organisation and structure without the usual over attention to the various battles and campaigns that normally attend this type of book. I have never understood why books purporting to address the organisation etc of a military unit seem to also try to cover all the battles and campaigns of that unit. Those are usually far better dealt with in other books specifically written on those matters.
Some may not know that Arlington National Cemetery is actually on the former estate of Robert E Lee very near Washington DC. The estate was seized by the Federal government early in the war and originally used to bury the Northern dead from the opening battles of the war.