"Light-Horse Harry" Lee fought in the Revolutionary War. Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, Stratford Few figures in American history are more divisive, contradictory or elusive than Robert E.

April 9th has witnessed numerous significant events throughout history, spanning a variety of categories including politics, science, and culture.On this ...

By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, April 9, the 99th day of 2025. There are 266 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army ...

Regarded as the war’s finest general, Robert E. Lee was a master of the organization of war. The country’s most experienced general in 1861, he declined President Lincoln’s offer to head the ...

Robert E. Lee's farewell address ... chair and a descendant of one of the club's founders, has asked the History Detectives to find out if local lore is true — is this really the "original ...

Ethan Hill Anne Kelly Knowles loves places where history happened ... fresh light on hoary historical debates—What was Robert E. Lee thinking at Gettysburg?—and navigated new and difficult ...

“I thought it was very interesting that a school would choose that,” said Burge, now a history teacher in ... Jim Plyler Instructional Complex. Robert E. Lee High School was opened in 1958 ...

This simulation of the battle is a test to pit your decisions as Robert E. Lee against what actually ... only a bit of experimental "counterfactual" history to see what might have been, and ...

Lee County is named after Robert E. Lee, a Confederate general in the American Civil War who eventually commanded all Confederate armies. The name came at the urging of retired Confederate Capt.