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There he emphasized equestrian instruction, training future cavalry generals, including Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart and Union General Philip Sheridan. On October 17, 1859, U.S. Marines commanded ...
Rep. Wesley Hunt argued against removing confederate names from military bases during an appearance on"Real Time" Friday, claiming if we don't remember our history, "we are doomed to repeat it." ...
A project in Charlottesville, Va. seeks to upend the narrative around the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was the center of deadly white nationalist protests there in 2017.
Adams, formerly Fort Lee, was in 2023 the first Army base to be named for Black Americans. Now, it'll be the first named for ...
No man proved a more worthy opponent to Ulysses S. Grant than Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Lee was born the fourth child of Colonel Henry Lee and Ann Hill Carter on January 19, 1807.
The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...
The statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that once stood in Charlottesville, Virginia, was secretly melted down at a ceremonial event. After both cultural and legal battles, the statue of ...
The descendants of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and those of the people the Lee family enslaved came together for the first time at Arlington House, the national memorial to Lee in Virginia ...
According to WBHM, Robert E. Lee Day was originally celebrated by Southern states in the years and decades following the Civil War but eventually was abandoned by most after President Ronald ...
General Beauregard Lee is the namesake of not just one but two Confederate leaders. The most famous name “The General” carries is his surname, which honors Robert E. Lee, ...