The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee still holds a distinct place in the history of the South -- a history that will be revisited many times in 2011, as the nation marks 150 years since the Civil War began.

The Civil War is an epic nine-episode series by the award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. Between 1861 and 1865, ... Robert E. Lee. 1807–70 Virginia Confederate General.

Tagged: civil war, Donald Trump, insurrection, January 6, Robert E. Lee, treason Garrett Epps Garrett Epps is the legal affairs editor at the Washington Monthly.

New research is shedding light on a 40-acre military camp for Black soldiers that fanned out from the southeast corner of ...

Allen Guelzo talked about Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s life after the Civil War. The Atlanta History Center hosted this virtual program.

ROBERT E. LEE AND ME A Southerner’s Reckoning With the Myth of the Lost Cause By Ty Seidule 291 pp. St. Martin’s. $27.99. Image Long before the alt-right circled the statue of the Confederate ...

Three days before Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox ended the Civil War, his son George Washington Custis Lee was captured at the Battle of Sailor's Creek in Virginia.

Gen. Robert E. Lee's son, Maj. Gen. G.W. Custis Lee, purportedly refused to surrender to a private in the Union Army. But that doesn't mean a private didn't capture the Confederate during a ...

news Politics. Dallas may send Robert E. Lee to Civil War museum but keep Confederate War Memorial On Wednesday the Dallas City Council will consider staff's suggestions for city-owned monuments ...

Unfortunately, once again, the answer is no. Robert E. Lee had two full sisters, one named Anne (1800-1864) and the other Catherine (1811-1856), plus a half sister named Lucy (1786-1860).