Emory Thomas (born November 3, 1939, in

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at the

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and noted scholar of the

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. He earned a Ph.D. from

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in 1966.

Selected works

*''The Confederacy as a Revolutionary Experience'' (1970) *''Confederate State of Richmond: A Biography of the Capital'' (1971) *''The American War and Peace, 1860-1877'' (1973) *''The Confederate Nation, 1861-1865'' (1979) *''Bold Dragoon: The Life of J.E.B. Stuart'' (1986) *''Travels to Hallowed Ground: A Historian's Journey to the American Civil War'' (1987) *''Robert E. Lee: A Biography'' (1995) *''Robert E. Lee: An Album'' (2000)

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* University of Georgia faculty Rice University alumni Living people 1939 births Writers from Athens, Georgia Historians of the American Civil War 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers 20th-century American historians American male non-fiction writers Historians from Georgia (U.S. state) 20th-century American male writers {{US-historian-stub