The growing brawl over the Robert E. Lee statue in Lee Park ... today's Washington and Lee University (for shorthand, W&L). Lee's primary fame rests, obviously, upon his leadership — much ...

It appears to be yet another version of a statement variously worded and commonly attributed to Robert ... sources give us pause: Their context is inconsistent (e.g., the person to whom Lee ...

The spot in the U.S. Capitol's crypt where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee had been ... emancipation of enslaved people — the primary source of labor supplying Confederate armies.

General Lee with his generals, 1907. Courtesy: Library of Congress Letter from Robert E. Lee to Winfield Scott, written two days after his meeting with Francis Blair where he refused command of ...

(WRIC) — Following the state’s removal of the Robert E. Lee statue on Wednesday, the statue pieces will be temporarily kept in a neighboring county, according to a source with direct knowledge ...

To this day, scores of buildings, roads, monuments and institutions bear Lee’s name. Thousands of children are educated at schools named after Lee; “Robert E Lee ... one of the primary goals ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — After 131 years in Richmond, the statue to Confederate General Robert E. Lee has been removed from Monument Avenue. Crews worked to separate the enormous monument ...

Civil rights activists and supporters of the legacy of Robert E. Lee in the county that ... who bring racism." But the primary confrontation was over Lee the man and his place in Lee County.

Scroll to continue SOMEWHERE IN THE U.S. SOUTH — It was a choice to melt down Robert E. Lee. But it would have been a choice to keep him intact, too. So the statue of the Confederate general ...

having been this day surrendered by General Robert E. Lee, CSA, Commanding said Army, to Lieut. Genl. U. S. Grant, Commanding Armies of United States, do hereby give our solemn parole of honor ...

July 10 (Reuters) - A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee was taken down in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, nearly four years after white supremacist protests over plans to remove ...