Robert E. Lee was a central character in America's defining ... to the infirm and short-tempered general who carried the weight of Confederate hopes on his shoulders.

No man proved a more worthy opponent to Ulysses S. Grant than Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Lee was born the fourth child of Colonel Henry Lee and Ann Hill Carter on January 19, 1807.

Two U.S. states honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil ... they only think about themselves." ...

Lee's father, Maj. Gen. "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 ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA - JULY 10: Workers remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from ... former Robert Lee confederate monument, which was melted down in 2023 (photo courtesy ...