Regarded as the war’s finest general, Robert E ... army, Lee projected a deep sense of duty and honor and was nicknamed the “Marble Model.” President of Washington College after the war ...

“It would be useless and therefore cruel,” Robert E. Lee remarked on the morning of ... hastened the conclusion of the Civil War.

April 9 marks 160 years of the anniversary of when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House. It was a pivotal moment in American history, and one of the ...

Readers of newspapers across America 160 years ago this week would have seen two similar headlines on the front page of their ...

By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, April 9, the 99th day of 2025. There are 266 days left in the year. Today in ...

It was in this month in 1865 the Civil War was largely ended, and the long painful task of rebuilding the nation began. It ...