Donald Trump would like us all to believe that the United States would have registered a “complete and total victory” in Afghanistan had its troops been led by … General Robert E.

The panel was moderated by General Wesley Clark (retired), editor of Palgrave’s Great General Series and each panelist authored a book in the series: Noah Andre Trudeau, Robert E. Lee ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Allen Guelzo talked about Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s life after the Civil War. The Atlanta History Center hosted this virtual program.

Lee to Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant 150 years ago Thursday effectively ended the Civil War. This is a rolling ... and tidy brick and timber buildings framed by seemingly miles of fences.

Fitz Lee grew up in Dinwiddie County, received the Medal of Honor for bravery during wartime and died of health issues ...

But the president embarked on a lesson of the Civil War while speaking to an audience ... “So Robert E. Lee was a great general and Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia,” Trump began ...

You’ve probably heard this one: Before the Civil ... the war but took up the command himself when Lee joined the other side. Due to poor health and Lincoln’s preference for another general ...

It was in this month in 1865 the Civil War was largely ended, and the long painful task of rebuilding the nation began. It was on April 9, Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant.

On orders from generals Robert E. Lee and John Gordon ... ever fought on American soil was coming to an end. The Civil War was entering its fifth year. Nothing in America’s experience in ...

Indeed, Democratic newspapers speculated that their party’s strongest presidential nominee in 1868 would be former Confederate General Robert E. Lee ... president as a “civil officer ...