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Robert E. Lee becomes commander-in-chief of the Confederates...
Robert E. Lee becomes commander-in-chief of the Confederates...
Item # 700675
January 30, 1865
NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 30, 1865
* Confederate General Robert E. Lee
Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "THE SOUTH" "The Rebels Not Prepared for the Spring Campaign" "Sad Howl Over the Miserable State of Affairs in Rebeldom" "Hood Relieved of Command of the Army of the Tennessee" "Discontent of Jeff. Davis" "Important From Arkansas".
Page 4 has notable column heads: "THE REBEL ARMY" "The Important Changes in the Rebel Command" "The New Command of the Rebel General Lee" "The New Rebel Generalissimo" and more.
Eight pages, very nice condition.
AI notes: In January 1865, Robert E. Lee’s command was expanded beyond his longtime role as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. Jefferson Davis, seeking to strengthen Confederate defenses against Union advances in the Southeast, placed Lee in operational control of all Confederate forces in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, effectively making him the senior field commander in the region. This expansion of authority aimed to coordinate resistance against General Sherman’s advancing armies following his March to the Sea and into the Carolinas. Despite this broader operational control, Lee remained subordinate to Davis and was not officially the Confederate Commander-in-Chief, a title reserved for the president. The move reflected both the desperate strategic situation of the Confederacy in early 1865 and Davis’s trust in Lee’s leadership, but it came too late to alter the outcome of the war, which culminated in Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House in April.
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