The Lost Indictment of Robert E. Lee: The Forgotten Case Against an American Icon
Rowman & Littlefield, 2018, $27
No general who lost a war has enjoyed a more exalted reputation than Robert E. Lee. But recent controversies surrounding the many memorials to the Southern cause are prompting a very public, often vitriolic reevaluation, John Reeves reminds readers that but for a politically wounded president and the failure of will by a succession of government lawyers, the Army of Northern Virginia commander might have been arrested and tried for treason.
