Lee and His Generals Cubs_Fan_Gift the republic briefly reading itself

the republic briefly reading itself by firelight

hieroglyphs weathering quietly behind the Metropolitan Museum

1896 — a commemorative scene of Washington's victory celebration restaged a century on

rendered in the sober portraiture reserved for officers whose victories were measured in muddy Arkansas miles rather than Eastern headlines

the broadside speaking in two voices across sixty-three years — one announcing a republic

Lee and His Generals Cubs_Fan_Gift the republic briefly reading itselfLee and His Generals assembles the Confederate high command in a single composed tableau Longstreet, Jackson, Stuart and the rest gathered around their commander as if the war could be reduced to the gravity of these faces, ink cut and arranged for a country still reckoning with what they meant. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical