While the surrender of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia ended the fighting for its units, it also created chaos — were the soldiers prisoners of war, and if not, how do they get back home?

Robert E. Lee at age 31, then a young Lieutenant of Engineers, U. S. Army, 1838. PD. Robert Edward Lee is the fourth child born to Colonel Harry and Ann Lee, prominent members of the Virginia ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: When Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in a farmhouse parlor in Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, standing with other war ...

On soil once owned by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was eventually transformed into a national cemetery, Civil War enthusiasts gathered to remember the 150th anniversary of Lee’s surrender of ...

We're covering the final days of the Civil War exactly 150 years later. This is the eighth installment of the series. The Union breakthrough at Petersburg on April 2, 1865 spelled the end of the ...

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park is located in South Central Virginia. The park interprets the final events of the Civil War. In early April 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee was ...

CHARLESTON — A highway marker commemorating Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee will once again be displayed downtown, ending a year-long legal battle over its removal. "Lee will rise again in Charleston," ...