Robert W. Lee felt like his integrity was being challenged when Confederate defenders continued to accuse him of lying about being a distant relative of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. He proved ...

I’m a descendant of the Lees of Virginia. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is someone whose historical personhood I hear about every day, because I live with his name. Growing up in the South ...

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.

In the June 1969 issue of Civil War History — Volume 5, Number 2, pages 116-132 — a renowned Southern historian attacked the legacy of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. “No single war figure ...

Visitors can return to Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, starting on Tuesday. An extensive overhaul by the National Park Service brought together descendants of both General Lee and ...

A descendant of Gen. Robert E. Lee has stepped down as pastor of his North Carolina church after facing blowback from parishioners and others for his comments denouncing racism and lauding the ...

A letter writer expressed the idea of a “stupid question” regarding the column about how Florida still honors two traitors to ...

The statue of general Robert E Lee, the largest confederate statue remaining in the US, was removed by a construction team in Richmond, Virginia, US on 8 September 2021 (Reuters) Mr Trump in his ...

Lee, 1865 Mathew B. Brady, National Portrait Gallery Robert E. Lee, 1861 Charles G. Crehen, National Portrait Gallery General Robert E. Lee with his staff Mathew B. Brady, National Portrait ...

The massive bronze sculpture of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, in uniform, astride his horse Traveller, stood in a downtown Charlottesville park for nearly a century. It was at the center of a ...