Charles Knight is a native of Richmond, VA, where he developed a love for history at an early age. He has worked at museums and historic sites for more than 20 years in Virginia, Arizona, and North Carolina, and currently serves as the Curator of Military History at the North Carolina Museum of History. He is a past member of the Scottsdale (AZ) Civil War Round Table and current member of the Raleigh CWRT and the Leonidas L. Polk Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. He is a die-hard Baltimore Ravens and Baltimore Orioles fan and lives with his wife and two children in Holly Springs, NC.
Knight's narrative is straightforward, matter of fact, unemotional, and non-political. His active voice style keeps the reader engagedrather than lulling him or her to sleep...The detailed index allows one toeasily maneuver to dates, locations, and events that might beoverlooked in other historical studies. Even the illustrations are meaningful and well-organized. -- Journal of America's Military Past I have reviewed this in some detail, and my first impression is that it is brilliant. The level of detail and research is quite impressive, and it shows. The campaigns and battles are presented in enough detail for people to understand, without getting bogged down in the details. The monthly headings also help. I especially like how Knight brings forward the administrative detail. This day-by-day look really gives one a sense of what it took to both lead and run an army in the Civil War. Congratulations, this is just superb. --Chris Kolakowski, author of The Virginia Campaigns, March-August 1862 Knight's study will become the standard reference work on Lee's daily wartime experiences. --R. E. L. Krick, author of Staff Officers in Gray This is great. The footnotes are very Freeman-esque--packed full of information. --Robert Orrison, co-author of To Hazard All: A Guide to the Maryland Campaign, 1862 Charles R. Knight's From Arlington to Appomattox: Robert E. Lee's Civil War Day by Day is a staggering work of scholarship based upon meticulous research. The entries are detailed, illuminating, and well-written. Nuggets of information abound and will please the most avid students of those crucial four years of Lee's life. --Jeffry D. Wert, author of A Glorious Army: Robert E. Lee's Triumph, 1862-1863 Charlie Knight's From Arlington to Appomattox: Robert E. Lee's Civil War Day by Day is a pleasure to read, and I learned many things from just perusing it. I think the whole project is brilliant. . . . I got lost in all of the minute details (which I love). --Michael C. Hardy, award-winning author of General Lee's Immortals