Rare 1946 Robert E. Lee Confederate Civil War General In Texas First Edition
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RARE 1946 ROBERT E. LEE CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR GENERAL IN TEXAS FIRST EDITION. He was promoted to brevet major after the Battle of Cerro Gordo on April 18, 1847. Here is a rare first edition, Robert E. Lee in Texas, by Carl Coke Rister, as published by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman. Here is a rare first edition, Robert E. Lee in Texas, by Carl Coke Rister, as published by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman. Sized 8x5 inches, bound in appropriately grey cloth, 183 pages. Very good condition. Lee served in the US Army in the 1840s and 1850s, and was posted to Camp Cooper in Texas in 1856, adjacent to a Commanche Indian reservation. Lee was a top graduate of the United States Military Academy and an exceptional officer and military engineer in the United States Army for 32 years. He served across the United States, distinguished himself during the Mexican–American War, and was Superintendent of the United States Military Academy. Lee distinguished himself in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). He was one of Winfield Scott's chief aides in the march from Veracruz to Mexico City. He was instrumental in several American victories through his personal reconnaissance as a staff officer; he found routes of attack that the Mexicans had not defended because they thought the terrain was impassable. He was promoted to brevet major after the Battle of Cerro Gordo on April 18, 1847. He also fought at Contreras, Churubusco, and Chapultepec and was wounded at the last. By the end of the war, he had received additional brevet promotions to lieutenant colonel and colonel, but his permanent rank was still captain of engineers, and he would remain a captain until his transfer to the cavalry in 1855. For the first time, Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant met and worked with each other during the Mexican–American War. Close observations of their commanders constituted a learning process for both Lee and Grant. The Mexican–American War concluded on February 2, 1848.
