A Virginia Army base previously named for Robert E. Lee was renamed Fort Gregg-Adams at a ceremony April 27. Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army ...

Robert E. Lee at age 31, then a young Lieutenant of Engineers, U. S. Army, 1838. PD. Robert Edward Lee is the fourth child born to Colonel Harry and Ann Lee, prominent members of the Virginia ...

The U.S. Army has officially renamed its military base in Prince George to honor Buffalo Soldier and Dinwiddie County native Private Fitz Lee on Friday, July 11. The change comes after President ...

Lee had surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant two weeks earlier. The holiday spread to the other 10 Confederate states, with some changing it to locally important dates.

In 2023, Fort Lee — originally named for Confederate commander Robert E. Lee — was renamed to “Fort Gregg-Adams” in honor of two Black army pioneers: Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg and Lt. Col ...

On Feb. 6, 1865, Gen. Robert E. Lee was appointed commander in chief of the armies of the Confederacy, two months before surrendering to the Union.