Four Years Under Marse Robert - Softcover

Stiles, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1479346470 ISBN 13: 9781479346479

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

Published in 1903, these are the recollections of Robert Stiles during his time as a Major in the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War.

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About the Author

Robert A. Stiles was born in Woodford County, Kentucky, on July 27, 1836. He was the son of the Rev. Joseph C. Stiles, who later moved his family to Connecticut. Robert was an 1859 Yale College graduate. Not long after his graduation, he went to Richmond, Virginia, and became captivated with the South. Although he was a Unionist when the War Between the States broke out, Stiles felt constrained by his conscience to fight for the Confederacy. After the war, he remained in Virginia, where he practiced law in Richmond. He was a popular speaker at Confederate Veteran events. He was buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, along with many of his fellow Confederate veterans. Robert Stiles’ recollections were written long after the war, but his book is still alluring and charismatic as it illustrates his career in the Confederate army and answers the question of why the majority of Southerners believed so strongly in their “Cause.”

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1479346470
• ISBN 13: 9781479346479
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 374