Part One Of Two Parts After completing a biography of Robert E. Lee, the author wondered whether holding the light on the Confederate general had put "in undeserved shadow the many excellent soldiers of his army." As he notes in this book, "Stonewall Jackson undoubtedly won a permanent place in the history of American wars; Longstreet and Jeb Stuart probably have; but at least a score of other able officers rapidly are being forgotten. Had so modest a man as General Lee ever foreseen this, he would have lamented any presentation of his own services that might depreciate, even by silence, those of his comrades in arms." "Freeman introduces us to the army of Northern Virginia"s high command as if they were old friends." (B-O-T Editorial Review Board)