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Title: Hagiography at its worst
Review: I got through the first three volumes but it was hard to take. Freeman is not at all objective. According to Freeman, the South lost, rather than the Union won. When Lee lost it was not because the Union defeated him but because Lee had a bad day, his lieutenants blundered. While Lee won many battles because of the incompetence of his Union opponents, Freeman fails to recognize the bravery of Union soldiers. Grant gets denigrated at the expense of Lee. Sheridan and Sherman are dismissed and Meade gets lost in the battle of Gettysburg; he didn't win; Lee lost because of Stuart's disappearance, problems with Longstreet, etc. This gets quite tiresome. No doubt Lee was a great general; he was not God and he was bested by Grant.Freeman fails to give credit where due. After three volumes, I gave it up.
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