Descendants of the enslavers and the enslaved unite for a family portrait at the Arlington House, the former plantation once owned by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and his wife, Mary Custis Lee. (Dee ...

Former Army Captain Jimmy Byrn graduated from the military academy at West Point in 2012. He spent late nights studying in the library underneath a giant portrait of Robert E. Lee in his gray ...

On Sunday, Jan. 19, the state of Florida officially honors the birth of a man who led armies to fight against the United States of America. Robert E. Lee's birthday is one of three Confederate ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. At the outbreak of the Civil War, ...

In his new book, “Robert E. Lee: A Life,” the historian Allen C. Guelzo analyzes the career of the Confederate general, and attempts to understand the reasons behind his decision to fight against the ...

A Texas school district is moving to restore the name of a Confederate general to one of its campuses, reversing a 2020 decision made amid nationwide calls to remove symbols of the Confederacy. The ...

An 1870 map of Jackson County showing Big Cedar, Strother and Lee’s Summit KANSAS CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY Many assume Lee’s Summit was named for Confederate General Robert E. Lee, and a reader asked ...

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump said that he's restoring the name of Fort Robert E. Lee and other current or former military instillations that were previously named after soldiers that led the ...

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 of the Confederate ...