“Robert E. Lee Day has a nice ring to it,” an anonymous ... fighting to maintain slavery in the South until his surrender to the Union in 1865. The general’s personal opinions on race ...

a few months after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union forces at Appomattox Court House, Representative Thaddeus Stevens received a surprising but surely welcome letter.

Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox in April 1865 is Continue reading » Please Yell at My Kids: What Cultures Around the World Can Teach You About Parenting in Community, Raising ...

Since the surrender of Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865, Americans have grappled with how the Civil War will be remembered. President Trump’s pardon of the ...

Robert E. Lee faced the military equivalent of a $36 trillion national debt. Grant had more men, equipment and horses and doggedly pursued Lee. It was unsustainable and resulted in the surrender ...

Washington, Lincoln and even Millard Fillmore and are among the presidents honored with Denver streets — and one infamous VP.

Robert E. Lee faced the military equivalent of a $36 trillion national debt. Grant had more men, equipment and horses and doggedly pursued Lee. It was unsustainable and resulted in the surrender at ...

Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox in April 1865 is Continue reading » Please Yell at My Kids: What Cultures Around the World Can Teach You About Parenting in Community, Raising ...

Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, days after General Robert E. Lee surrendered, effectively ending the war. He is remembered as the Great Emancipator, though he initially wavered on the ...