Woodworth shows how the lack of a unified purpose and strategy in the East sealed the Confederacy's fate.

Based on eyewitness accounts, Lee's letters, and his recorded conversations.

A dual biography and a fresh approach to the always compelling subject of these two iconic leadersÑhow they fashioned a distinctly American war, and a lasting

Jefferson Davis is a historical figure who provokes strong passions among scholars. Through the years historians have place him at both ends of the spectrum: so

This analysis of the military policy and strategy adopted by Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis in the first two years of the Civil War, argues that their polici