“Prologue”

The following 15 images are side-by-side comparisons of Wilkins’ opening chapter, “Prologue,” in his book Call of Duty: The Sterling Nobility of Robert E. Lee, with Lee: The Last Years, by Charles Bracelen Flood (New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981), and Personal Reminiscences of General Robert E. Lee by J. William Jones (New York: D. Appleton, 1875). You can see that Wilkins relied chiefly on Flood’s words, but there are two instances where he plagiarized from William Jones.

Wilkins’ Call of Duty is on the left-hand side; the books he stole from are on the right.