Robert E. Lee at age 31, then a young Lieutenant of Engineers, U. S. Army, 1838. PD. Robert Edward ... to war. Confederate forces attack Fort Sumter in South Carolina to ignite the Civil War.

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 ...

They made some small talk before Lee asked on what terms Grant would ... ever fought on American soil was coming to an end. The Civil War was entering its fifth year. Nothing in America ...

In the popular imagination, the Civil War usually ends with the surrender of Robert E ... A day after their meeting, Lee warned Grant that Northern armies “might have to march over” the South “three ...