by Thomas Lawrence Connelly (Author)
Robert E. Lee was both a military genius and a spiritual leader, considered by many--southerners and nonsoutherners alike--to have been a near saint. In The Marble Man a leading Civil War military historian examines the hold of Lee on the American mind and traces the campaign in historiography that elevated him to national hero status.
Author Biography
Thomas L. Connelly (1938-1991) was a professor of history at the University of South Carolina and the author or coauthor of many books about the Civil War, including Army of the Heartland: The Army of Tennessee, 1861-1862; Autumn of Glory: The Army of Tennessee, 1862-1865; God and General Longstreet: The Lost Cause and the Southern Mind; and The Politics of Command: Factions and Ideas in Confederate Strategy. He received the Jefferson Davis Award and the Fletcher Pratt Award, among other honors.