FOUR YEARS UNDER MARSE ROBERT
ROBERT STILES
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Add to basketFOUR YEARS UNDER MARSE ROBERT by Robert Stiles ** FREE SHIPPING within contiguous U.S. **
Four Years Under Marse Robert is a well-known memoir of the American Civil War, written by Robert Stiles and is considered a classic of Confederate literature, offering a deeply personal and detailed look at the life of a soldier in the Army of Northern Virginia.
The book is highly regarded by historians not just for its military accounts, but for its "human" perspective. Stiles captures:
The Daily Grind: Descriptions of camp life, the bonding between soldiers, and the "rough-housing" (like massive snowball fights) that provided relief from the stress of war.
The Brutality: He does not shy away from the horrors of combat, famously describing a scene where his company had to fight amongst the decaying remains of soldiers from a previous day's battle.
Devotion to Lee: The book reflects the near-religious reverence many soldiers felt for Lee. One famous anecdote in the book notes that while some men might believe they descended from monkeys (Darwinism), they believed "it took a God to make Marse Robert."
Spirit and Religion: A full chapter is dedicated to the religious revivals that took place within Lee?s army.
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