[Signed] [Civil War] Lee's Lieutenants, A Study In Command. Vol. I: Manassas To Malvern Hill. Vol. Ii: Cedar Mountain To Chancellorsville. Vol. Iii: Gettysburg To Appomattox. (Three Volumes) Douglas Southall Freeman History & Military

Signed. Three large 8vo. volumes; in the publisher's black cloth bindings; lvi, [lvii], 773 pages including the Index; xlv, [xlvi] 760 pages, including the Index; xlvi[ [xlvii]. 862 pages, including the Index; followed by a large folding map of Battlegrounds of the Army of Northern Virginia; all three volumes have the Scribner's "A" on the copyright page designating them as First Editions; Volume II has a previous owner name on the front endpaper and has tidelines to the last pages of the book; all of the endpapers are a bit toned at the hinges; Volume I is signed by Dr. Freeman without inscription on the front endpaper;~In the publisher's black cloth with a bit little of the usual fade. Lacking the dustjackets. Illustrations and portrait plates~~ Bud Robertson calls this study "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" [Nevins I, 30]. For his part, Eicher considers the set to be "brilliantly written volumes [which] deserve to be read by all Civil War students" [Eicher, 971]. And Harwell asserts that Lee's Lieutenants "stands in its own right as one of the great works of military history" [ITC 61].~~A signed First Edition set.~ (Howes F-349, Nevins I, 30; Eicher, 971; ITC 61). Very Good binding.