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 ...

Arthur Gregg reflects on his career after a Virginia base was named after him, the only living person so honored. Until April, it was named for Robert. E. Lee.

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.

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.