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American historian

For other uses, see Thomas Connelly.

Thomas Lawrence Connelly (February 14, 1938 – January 18, 1991) was an American historian and author who specialized in the Civil War era.

He is perhaps best known for his book, The Marble Man: Robert E. Lee and His Image in American Society,^[1] one of the most scholarly and critical books on Robert E. Lee.

Early life and education

Connelly was born February 14, 1938, in Nashville, Tennessee, to Fred Marlin (1909-1983) and Mildred Inez Connelly (1911-1983).

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As a boy, he visited the Nashville Civil War battlefield. Growing up in the Nashville area gave him a love of country music and spurred his desire to write more about the war in Tennessee. Connelly became one of the most prominent scholars of the war in the western theater in a scholarly field dominated by books about Virginia and its military leaders.

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