Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command. Volume III. Gettysburg to Appomattox

Hardcover in black cloth with gilt titling, 8 portraits and 46 maps incl. 1 folding in back (listed), biblio., index, 862pp. O'Keefe #878. Nevins I - p.30. Near Fine with toned endpapers - a beautiful copy. Contains accounts of J.E.B. Stuart's mortal wound, which was delivered by on of Custer's troops at Yellow Tavern; of Custer's surprising General Wade Hampton's forces at Trevilian Station by suddenly appearing in his rear (then Custer's forces were severely crippled by Hampton's counter attack); Custer and General Wesley Merritt defeating Generals Tom Rosser and Lunsford L. Lomax outside Richmond in October 1864; and Custer's embarassing arrogance and handling of the surrender of the Confederacy at Appomattox. This series receives high praise from Nevins: "The ablest descriptive and evaluative study of the leading generals (and their campaigns) in Lee's army; massively documented, movingly written, highly authoritative, and faintly smug.".