The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

Nearly a century and a half after his death, Robert E. Lee, the leading Confederate general of the American Civil War, remains a source of fascination and, for some, veneration. This film examines ...

Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee still holds a distinct place in the history of the South -- a history that will be revisited many times in 2011, as the nation marks 150 years since the Civil War began.

Robert E. Lee, a great son of the South, a great leader of the South—and I assume no modern day leader would question him or challenge him—Robert E. Lee counseled us well when he told us to ...

Allen Guelzo talked about Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s life after the Civil War. The Atlanta History Center hosted this virtual program.

While Dedicating a Monument to Black Civil War Soldiers, Ryan Zinke Praises Robert E. Lee He called him a hero “similar to” Martin Luther King, Jr.

Robert E. Lee is a key figure in American history who merits a prominent place in our study of the Civil War era. He was a complex, arguably brilliant, publicly dignified man. He was, like all of ...

Long before the alt-right circled the statue of the Confederate general Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville in 2017, Seidule, ... It is long past time to break Lee’s grip on American Civil War memory.

When did the Civil War end? It’s a common misconception that the Civil War ended when Gen. Robert E Lee surrendered his troops at Appomattox, Virginia on April 9, 1865.

The Band, the Robert E. Lee statue, and the civil war the Left is bound and determined to start ... Like it or not, Robert E. Lee was an American. He contributed to the making of who we are.

On several occasions before he died, former Confederate General Robert E. Lee expressed opposition to proposals to erect Civil War monuments and memorials, including some devoted specifically to ...