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 ...

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 ...

national leaders including President Abraham Lincoln and Confederate General Robert E. Lee spoke about the central issue of slavery. Below are a few of their most famous quotes on the matter ...

On several occasions before he died, former Confederate General Robert E. Lee expressed opposition ... it engendered." Horn quotes this passage as well, saying of Lee Rather than raising ...

Lee Day and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January. Let’s start by doing away with the most embarrassing of the three - the joint holiday of Robert E. Lee and ... with a few quotes from slave ...

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 ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — There was a one-of-a-kind reunion over the weekend at Arlington House, the national memorial to Robert E. Lee that sits atop a hill in Arlington National Cemetery. Descendants ...