Robert E. Lee was a central character in America's defining national trauma, the Civil War. These images explore other facets of his life, from the young boy coping with the abandonment of an ...
Grant than Confederate General Robert E ... Lee and Ann Hill Carter on January 19, 1807. Lee's father, also known as "Light-Horse Harry," had been a cavalry leader during the Revolutionary War.
I saw a pundit on Twitter, otherwise a pretty conservative guy, say recently: “Robert E. Lee literally had the privilege of choosing which army he wanted to lead in the Civil War. He chose wrong.” ...
The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places, from Valverde, New Mexico, and Tullahoma, Tennessee, to St. Albans, Vermont, and Fernandina on the Florida coast. More than 3 million Americans fought ...
Sep 15, 2017 Sep 15, 2017 Updated May 15, 2018 When Aubrey Burge moved to Tyler for college six years ago, she was surprised to find the town was home to a school named after a Confederate general ...
Lee. Congress dedicated the Arlington House in 1925 to honor Robert E. Lee and his outspoken efforts to reunite the country after the Civil War. The Arlington Memorial Bridge, built in 1932, connects ...
In the years after the Civil War, white politicians in southern states ... Louisiana in 2022 struck Robert E. Lee Day and Confederate Memorial Day from the list of official state holidays.
The ship’s pilot helped his family reach freedom, then served in the Civil War and in the U.S ... Stained-glass windows depicting Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson were removed in 2017.
One of the most important battles of the U.S. Civil War -- and indeed of all U.S ... as the Confederate Army of North Virginia, commanded by Robert E. Lee, and the Union Army of the Potomac ...