Grant than Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Lee was born the fourth ... calling him "the very best soldier I ever saw in the field." In October of 1859, Lee was called upon to stop John ...

Robert E. Lee is chosen to replace Johnson and take control of the South's biggest field army, the Army of Northern Virginia. Union General George McClellan's forces come within four miles of ...

For me, a line was crossed this week when the faculty at Washington & Lee University voted to demand the school drop the second half of its name to erase its affiliation with Robert E. Lee.

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 ...

The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. at the Jim Plyler Instructional Complex. Robert E. Lee High School was opened in 1958 as an all white school during a period of intense resistance to ...

But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general. The two states recognize King and Lee on the third Monday in January. Their state governments ...