I chose the biography, Great American Generals - Robert E. Lee, by Ian Hogg,

because I have always been fascinated about the Civil War and especially about one of

the greatest heroes of American history General Robert E. Lee. I also chose this particular

book because I feel that the author Ian Hogg is a very credible source for this paper

because he is a prolific writer in the field of defense and military technology. He is a

weapons expert, having written many books on all types of rifles, shotguns and small

arms, such as Modern Rifles, Shotguns and Pistols, and Modern Small Arms. He is an

acknowledged expert on infantry weapons and is thought to be the world's leading expert

on this and artillery strategies. He is a well-known author of military history, and works

as a weapons evaluator in addition to his writing.

Robert E. Lee was a highly motivated soldier. He probably acquired this

personality trait from his youth. Robert's mother left his father when he was only four

years old. Robert's mother was an invalid from the time he was born. After the split

from his father most of the duties of the family were put on Roberts shoulders. Robert

only four years of assisting the chief of engineers he was promoted to captain. His next

positions so he would lose as few men as possible, but he did not have the resources to

to pick a side. After the war was over he could have went into politics, but he did not

tactics were not fully understood until the twentieth century. He was such a great leader

sustain a solid attack. Eventually Lee was forced to surrender to Ulysses S. Grant,

Robert E. Lee's technical prowess was unmatched in his time. He was the type of

winning the battle again. Lee did a tremendous job at this battle with so few men and

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