Robert E. Lee, Confederate Commander by Jennifer Blizin Gillis is a biography of the Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The biography discussed the entire life of Robert E. Lee from birth to death. General Lee's remarkable life from his career at west point to his command of the Confederate army is elaborately reviewed in the biography. The biography showed how General Lee rose to fame and had as much military success as he did.
This biography was in very intriguing to anyone who enjoys studying U.S. History. Jennifer Blizin Gillis goes in great depth in describing the type of man and General that General Lee was. General Lee was a man of devout faith and sense of duty. Duty is what played into his decision into leading the Confederate Troops. He felt a greater sense of duty to protect his home state of Virginia, than to lead the Union Troops against it. Jennifer Gillis also did a fantastic job of including quotes about the general. For example: "No other youth ... so united the qualities that win warm friendship and command high respect. For he was full of sympathy and kindness, genial and fond of gay conversation, and even fun" this was Joseph E. Johnston a classmate, who later fought with Lee in the Civil War talking about General Lee.
The biography was one of the best biographies I have read on General Lee because it gave me an insight on what General Lee was like. The biography went into such detail that I felt like I knew General Lee. General Lee was a great General and an even better human being, he put others before himself. From what I read in the biography, General Lee seemed to be if not the greatest general in the Civil War, one of the top generals of that time.
Gillis, Jennifer Blizin.Robert E. Lee, Confederate Commander. Minneapolis, MN: Compass Point Books. 2005. 23-29. Print
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