Many historians consider the 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville to be Confederate General Robert E. Lee's greatest victory. Facing a Union Army more than twice the size of his own, Lee divided his ...

As a historian, Allen C. Guelzo is acutely aware of how perceptions change over time. When he started his latest biography, “Robert E. Lee: A Life,” back in 2014, “Lee was a different person ...

Trump said he's restoring the name of Fort Robert E. Lee and other current or former instillations named after Confederates.

Robert E. Lee Statue Sparks New Antietam Battle Vince Pearson reports on the latest battle for Antietam. The Civil War battlefield is at the center of a debate over whether a man who owns property ...

Like Lee at the Appomattox Court House in 1865, they lost the battle and the war. The 12-ton, 21-foot-high statue was removed Wednesday from its four-story plinth on Monument Avenue. While many ...

An indirect descendant of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee said he was “disheartened” that President Trump called his ancestor a “great general.” Robert Lee IV, a North Carolina pastor who ...

Scribner's Monthly for February contains the following, written by Gen. Robert R. Lee, tendering his resignation as commander of the Confederate Armies after the battle of Gettysburg: View Full ...