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.

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 ...

The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

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.

Two U.S. states still honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday set aside for Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Will that change?

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 ...

Notably, it was here that Gen. Robert E. Lee was first assigned after graduating from West Point. During the Civil War, it was occupied by Confederate troops until being surrendered to Union ...