Warrior in Gray: General Robert Rodes of Lee's Army
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (679 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 157249168X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 310 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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In 1992, James K. . Swisher also enjoys working as adjunct professor at several local colleges. He is very active in historical boards and agencies. Mr. Swisher retired after 30 years in public education, 15 of which were as principal of a large senior high school
Lee's strongest fighting generals, he fought in the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Campaigns. There his respect and popularity continued to grow. His divisional leadership earned him ranking with the elite of the Confederacy's generals and officers. One of Robert E. Rodes was given divisional command just in time to attack in the opening offensives of the Battle of Gettysburg. Rodes was killed fighting near Winchester, Virginia during Jubal Early's 1864 Shenandoah Valley. Rodes personifies the best of those brave men, north and south, who gave the full measure of their life to their cause. His fighting leadership at Seven Days, South Mountain, and Antietam added to his reputation. Born in 1829 in Lynchburg, Virginia, Rodes attended the Virginia Military Institute and worked as a civil engineer before the outbreak of the Civil War. Rodes' accomplishments in brigade command were legendary. In May 1861, he fought in First Manassas and quickly rose to brigadier general. Robert E
"AN UNKNOWN HERO OF THE SOUTH" according to robert l carter. Robert Rodes finally gets the biography he has deserved for years. In James Swisher's fine book the casual Civil War buff will be introduced to one of Robert E. Lee's best Division commanders. Historians have stayed away from a book on Rodes because of a perceived lack of information, but Swisher's passion for fellow Lynchburg, Virginia resident Rodes gave him the patience to unearth much undiscovered material on his subject. Like all Civil War Generals, Rodes had his good days (. Terrific Biography C.Rodes Boyd,Jr. This was a well written biography on a forgotten soldier who is just getting his due. Highly recommend this fine historical study of Confederate division commander in action!
Born to a middle-class Virginia family, Rodes, a VMI alumnus, had a respectable career as an engineer when the war broke out. His war service began as a colonel at the first Bull Run and ended in 1864, when he was killed at the head of his division in the third battle of Winchester. His distaste for politicking and displays of temperament wasn't the least of his virtues, and all in all he seems to have done good service, even if he was fortunate, perhaps, not to have been promoted to corps command. From Booklist Swisher has written a worthwhile study of one of the more distinguished division commanders of the Army of Northern Virginia, despite the facts that Robert Rodes' widow destroyed all his papers, and few of his colleagues left any memoirs of him. In between, he experienced low points, such as mishandling his division at Gettysburg, and high points, such as his role in defending the Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania. All rig