I am going to lead you.’”įreeman provides a simple recounting of those moments, using them to give detail that enriches the scene and its participants. ‘Boys,’ he cried as he pointed toward the enemy’s position, ‘you can take it!’” The second commander is quoted as saying to his soldiers- “Drop your knapsacks and blankets, we are going to take that line. The first commander “rode along the front, and when the men cheered him he raised his hat. As the Confederates approached Union positions, two Confederate commanders rode their horses to the front of their attacking units. In volume one of Lee’s Lieutenants, Douglas Southall Freeman provides a short and almost off-hand account of two of the actors in the drama that was unfolding. In the summer of 1862, the Army of Northern Virginia went into battle for the first time under its new commander, Robert E.
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