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Books on Robert E. Lee

• Douglas Southall Freeman, R. E. Lee (4 vols.; New York, 1934–36), one-volume abridgement by Richard Harwell
     (1961)
• Thomas L. Connelly, The Marble Man: Robert E. Lee and His Image in American Society (Baton Rouge, 1977)
• Emory M. Thomas, Robert E. Lee, A Biography (New York, 1995)
• Gary W. Gallagher, Lee and His Army in Confederate History (Chapel Hill, 2001)
• James I. Robertson, Jr., Robert E. Lee: Virginian Soldier, American Citizen (New York, 2005)
• Elizabeth Brown Pryor, Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters (New York, 2007)
• William M. S. Rasmussen and Robert S. Tilton, Lee and Grant (London, 2007)

Books on Ulysses S. Grant

• Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (New York, 1885)
• John Y. Simon, ed., The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant (Carbondale, Ill., 1967– )
• William S. McFeely, Grant, A Biography (New York, 1981)
• Brooks D. Simpson, Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph over Adversity, 1822–1865 (Boston, 2000)
• Jean Edward Smith, Grant (New York, 2001)
• Josiah Bunting III, Ulysses S. Grant (New York, 2004)
• William M. S. Rasmussen and Robert S. Tilton, Lee and Grant (London, 2007)

General sources

• Stephen E. Ambrose, Duty, Honor, Country: A History of West Point (Baltimore, 1966)
• James M. McPherson, The Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (New York, 1988)
• Eric Foner, Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877 (New York, 1988)
• John S. D. Eisenhower, So Far from God: The U.S. War with Mexico, 1846–1848 (New York, 1989)
• James I. Robertson, Jr., Civil War!: America Becomes One Nation (New York, 1996)
• Timothy D. Johnson, A Gallant Little Army: The Mexico City Campaign (Lawrence, Ks., 2007)

Teaching Materials

Teaching materials available in PDF format:
• Gallery activities [PDF - 212 k  Adobe Acrobat required]

Online Resources

Audio

• William M. S. Rasmussen, "Lee and Grant"
Length: 1:04:49   |   Format: MP3 Audio   |   Listen to lecture online

• Robert S. Tilton, "Who Looks at Lee Must Think of Washington"
Length: 0:53:00    |   Format: MP3 Audio   |   Listen to lecture online

Web sites

• American Memory (Library of Congress): http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
• National Archives: www.archives.gov
• Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial: www.nps.gov/arho/
• Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site: www.nps.gov/ulsg/
• Biography of President Ulysses S. Grant: www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ug18.html
• Robert E. Lee: The Educator, 1807–2007: http://lee200.wlu.edu/Index.html
• Ulysses S. Grant National Memorial: www.nps.gov/gegr/index.htm
• Lee Chapel at Washington and Lee University: http://chapelapps.wlu.edu/default.asp