Many historians consider the 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville to be Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s greatest victory. Facing a Union Army… read more Many historians consider the 1863 Battle ...

On July 1, 1863, Union and Confederate troops clashed at the Battle of Gettysburg in what proved to be Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s his final effort to move decisively from Virginia into the ...

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 ...

Robert E. Lee's Confederate forces approached Gettysburg ... According to Allen Guelzo, author of "Gettysburg: The Last Invasion," the battle's location was in large part influenced by Union ...

Robert E. Lee graduated second in his class at West Point and distinguished himself in various battles during the U.S.-Mexico War. As tensions heated around southern secession, Lee’s former ...

For the Rev. Robert Wright Lee IV, the battle over the Confederate statue in Charlottesville, Va., is personal. General Robert E. Lee was his uncle, many generations removed. But Rev. Lee wants ...

Using innovative cartographic tools, she has cast fresh light on hoary historical debates—What was Robert E ... by Lee’s boots. “We can’t account for the haze and smoke of battle in ...

Lee. Robert E. Lee was a man who understood the values ... but with a sense of reluctance as well. He fought his battles courageously. And he said on one occasion that the word that was the ...

This simulation of the battle is a test to pit your decisions as Robert E. Lee against what actually happened. Many historians write that this battle was not Lee's best battle and that certain ...