Getty Images On this day 151 years ago, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered at the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse. In doing so, he unofficially ended the bloodiest conflict in American ...

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Confederate commander Robert E. Lee share more ... Confederate knick-knacks with Lee’s steely visage, accompanied by quotes about honor.

Robert E. Lee is the ... point to his inspirational leadership of his army, with those same qualities endearing him to Southerners in general." In a bit of irony, while Lee's 16 1/2-foot statue ...

Robert E. Lee's birthday is one of three Confederate ... the evils of slavery and cast the leaders of the Confederacy as inspirational heroes. Southern textbooks altered historical facts in ...