Defeating Lee

Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr., is Associate Professor of History at Stillman College and author (with Ray B. Browne) of Voices of Civil War America: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations1. Beginnings: The Organization of the Second Corps2. Apprenticeship: The Peninsula and Maryland Campaigns3. Defeat: The Fredericksburg Campaign4. Pinnacle: The Winter Encampment of 1863 through the Gettysburg Campaign5. Rebuilding: Bristoe Station to Stevensburg6. Carnage: The Overland Campaign7. Victory: The Petersburg and Appomattox Campaigns8. Memories: The Postwar EraAppendicesNotesBibliographyIndex

A handful of black-and-white photographs as well as extensive appendices and notes round out this excellent contribution to Civil War history shelves. (Midwest Book Review) Lawrence Kreiser tells the Second Corps' story with verve and attention to personal as well as bureaucratic details. (Civil War Librarian) The author has an easy to read informative style that made the pages fly. His word portraits make lesser-known names into real people. . . . This is a well-written book with all the items that are expected in a serious history.(TOCWOC - A Civil War Blog) Overall, this is a most worthy effort and should be included in the library of every fan of unit histories. (www.civilwarnews.com) Attractively organized and well written, Defeating Lee deserves its place as a staple in any library on the Army of the Potomac, large or small.(H-Net Reviews in Humanities & the Social Sciences)