Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee still holds a distinct place in the history of the South -- a history that will be revisited many times in 2011, as the nation marks 150 years since the Civil War began.

As the Confederate position deteriorated, supporters of the South grew desperate. Some plotted acts of terror against the ...

User-Created Clip by zlowe November 11, 2021 Allen Guelzo talked about Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s life after the Civil War. The Atlanta History Center hosted this virtual program.

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But let’s look at Robert E. Lee as an American after the Civil War. For his punishment, his property was confiscated. What is now Arlington National Cemetery was his home before the war.

All the statues of Robert E. Lee in Confederate uniform fail to convey one critical point: He was more than that. After Appomattox, Lee turned from being a leader in ...

Robert E. Lee accepted the post-war world in stoical silence for the five years that he lived in it. But after his death in 1870, the guardians of Confederate memory were Lost Cause romantics and ...

The Robert E. Lee statue received a police escort down Singleton Boulevard after its removal from the former Lee Park in September. (Nathan Hunsinger / Staff Photographer) ...

Lee owned slaves of his own before the Civil War, as late as 1852, and considered buying more even after that, according to Elizabeth Brown Pryor 's biography, which is based on Lee's writings and ...

Author Allen Guelzo talked about Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s life after the Civil War, including his tenure as President at Washington College. The Atlanta History Center hosted this ...