“Birth and Lineage”

The following 19 images contain side-by-side comparisons of Steve Wilkins’ book Call of Duty: The Sterling Nobility of Robert E. Lee and the books where he stole his text, which were The Life and Letters of Robert E. Lee by William Jones and R. E. Lee by Douglas Southall Freeman.

The Complete “Prologue”

The following five images are scanned reproductions of the opening chapter, “Prologue,” from Steve Wilkins’ book Call of Duty: The Sterling Nobility of Robert E. Lee (Nashville, TN: Cumberland House Publishing, Inc., 1997). The highlighted words in yellow are the words that Wilkins plagiarized from other books — in this case 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). However, Wilkins did not limit his theft to these two books; as you will see. He only limited his “Prologue” to them.

If you scroll down to the next post, you can see side-by-side comparisons of Wilkins’ words with the words that he lifted.

“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.