Leading With Lee

Introduction The road to Gettysburg was long and antagonizing. The roads were rocky and the soldiers were tired. Yet, this trip was indeed necessary. The invasion of a confederate army in the union land would help support a southern peace offensive. Since there was much war-weariness in the North this would enrage the northerners. Besides there was no choice this battle had to be fought either sooner or later and Robert E. Lee, commander of …

…by railroad to Richmond, and brought to it's sight by 10,000 volunteer workers. It now lies on Monument Ave. in Richmond, Virginia. Also, Lee had gathered materials for a projected war history, but he never had the time to finish the book. People ponder to this day what could have been written in that book and I wonder too, for with all the history Robert E. Lee has been part of it would have been exciting.