. Civil War officers. Confederate . 128. CASED IMAGESLOTS 127-167 127 • (CASED IMAGES.) architectural. Sixth-plate daguerreotype of an interior ofa church, with the Baptistry in the background; cased. 1854 [700/1000] 128 • (CASED IMAGES.) blacks. Excellent group of 9 portraits comprising 1sixth-plate daguerreotype of a gentleman, 1 superb sixth-plate ambrotype of a youngwoman in a black veil, 2 sixth-plate ambrotypes of men, and 5 sixth-plateambrotypes of women (2 by mayer); gilt-details on several, all cased. 1850s-60s [1200/1800]with—6 tintype portraits of black men and women, 8 x 6 V2
. Civil War officers. Confederate . 128. CASED IMAGESLOTS 127-167 127 • (CASED IMAGES.) architectural. Sixth-plate daguerreotype of an interior ofa church, with the Baptistry in the background; cased. 1854 [700/1000] 128 • (CASED IMAGES.) blacks. Excellent group of 9 portraits comprising 1sixth-plate daguerreotype of a gentleman, 1 superb sixth-plate ambrotype of a youngwoman in a black veil, 2 sixth-plate ambrotypes of men, and 5 sixth-plateambrotypes of women (2 by mayer); gilt-details on several, all cased. 1850s-60s [1200/1800]with—6 tintype portraits of black men and women, 8 x 6 V2 inches and smaller. [see illustration] 129 • (CASED IMAGES.) blacks. Sixth-plate daguerreotype portrait of a Creolewoman, with gilt-details and hand-tinting; sealed, cased. 1850s [1500/2500] [see illustration]. The Commander Robert E. Lee, a historian says, was obsessed with control. ROBERT E. LEE A Emory M. 472 pp. New York:W. W. Norton & Company. $30. + By John Eisenhower GEN. ROBERT E. LEE (1807-70), the South-ern Joshua of the Civil War, was a godamong mortals, a man who held nothingbut the loftiest thoughts and ideals. Sobelieved generations of Southerners in the yearsfollowing the Civil War, their conviction reinforcedby Douglas Southall Freemans four-volume biog-raphy, R. E. Lee (1934-35). Emory M. Thomas, aprofessor of history at the University of Georgia,has seen a new generation of historians challengeFreemans thesis, and in his opinion they have gonetoo far in questioning Lees character and com-mand. He has therefore produced a post-revision-ist history, based on primary sources. The result,Robert E. Lee, is a convincing compromise be-tween the traditional view and the revisionist. As Lees ancestry was unusually important tohis character and ca
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