Lee. Congress dedicated the Arlington House in 1925 to honor Robert E. Lee and his outspoken efforts to reunite the country after the Civil War. The Arlington Memorial Bridge, built in 1932, connects ...

The childhood home of Robert E. Lee in Alexandria, Virginia. Courtesy: Library of Congress Anne moves her children into a small house in Alexandria ... four miles of Richmond, the capitol of ...

Grant than Confederate General Robert ... Lee evacuated Richmond and Petersburg on the evening of April 2. A week later, he surrendered what remained of his army to Grant at Appomattox Court House.

In the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 Confederate troops ...