Like General Robert E., Private Fitz was born in Virginia. He was one of four Buffalo Soldiers who received a Medal of Honor for valor on June 30, 1898, halfway into the war with Spain in Cuba.

Robert E. Lee would have been 200 years old Friday and, in spirit, he celebrated in the Quad-Cities. Tom Dugan, a professional actor and Robert E. Lee impersonator, performed part of his two-act ...