Articles related to "Robert E Lee"

John Brown remains one of the most controversial figures in American history. He has been both revered and vilified for employing brutal methods to oppose slavery.

Robert E. Lee served the Confederate States of America with honor and devotion, but his career began with the United States Army.

Civil War, Battle of Antietam, Robert E. Lee, George McClellan

General Robert E. Lee quickly realized that Confederate President Jefferson Davis' desire for a defensive strategy was impractical considering the North's economic power.

Robert E. Lee, Confederate General used his command experience in the revival of the Washington College, the future Washington and Lee University.

General Robert E. Lee made a conscious effort to live by high standards throughout his life.

On October 16, 1859, John Brown and a handfull of followers tried to seize the Federal Arsenal at Harpers Ferry. The Raid failed, but helped start the American Civil War

The Lincoln Memorial is one of the most well-known and best loved monuments in the country. Few people, however, know its complex history.

The remarkable life and times of the "first" First Lady of the United States.

The Battle of Antieham was fought on the 17th of September 1862. The opposing commanders were Robert E. Lee and George B. McClellan.

General Jeb Stuart was an expert in reconnaissance and the use of cavalry to support offensive assaults during the U.S. Civil War.

Offering his services as well as those of his legion, General Shelby found no takers.

General Longstreet, Lee's right hand man during the Civil War, was assailed after the war for his political views and made a scapegoat for Confederate military failure.

Christopher Plummer, the Tony Award-winning actor, is set to tread the boards once again in the Broadway revival of Inherit The Wind.

Never stronger than six hundred men, they fought as grey coated leathernecks to the honor of the Corps.

In 1802, George Washington Parke Custis built a home in Virginia. Throughout the nineteenth century, this home would have more famous inhabitants.

Refusing to surrender he led his men on an epic 1500 mile flight through the anarchy of a lost war to continue the fight.

Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1808 Andrew Johnson is regarded as one of the worst Presidents in American history.

Carl Schurz, a German emigrant from the 1848 European revolutions, supported Abraham Lincoln and led soldiers into the major battles of the Civil War.

Across the Potomac, in sight of the Great Emancipator's Memorial, abeam the Pentagon is America's Arlington National Cemetery where JFK, Bobby & Teddy Kennedy will lie.

From Theodore Roosevelt Island to George Washington's Mt. Vernon, presidential and colonial history abound on this 18-mile bike trail.

One of the famous arguments in civil war history had to do with James Longstreet's July 2, 1863 flank attack on the Union left at Gettysburg Pennsylvania.

The battle at Antietam Creek Maryland was one of the unncessary and costliest blunders in our nation's history.

Buoyed by the success of Gettysburg, Ted Turner brought the Civil War novel Gods and Generals to the Big Screen. It bombed. Here's why.

Harpers Ferry National Park nestles into 4,000 rolling acres in the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains, at the convergence of the states of Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland.

Most were not famous at the time, but history would remember these actors, directors and producers more for what they would accomplish later than for the War.

The April 1861 Proclamation was not a war declaration, although Southern States would respond to it as if it was, setting the stage for a long and bloody conflict.

The beloved animals returned the affection the soldiers gave them. Did some soldiers know their Shamanic symbolism? Read about these special creatures and their powers.

During the Civil War, the Union Army suffered crushing defeats under the command of seven different generals. The eighth and final general led the Union to victory.

When the last of the defeated's banners was furled and destroyed in the terrible slaughter of the Civil War, it was witnessed by a poet.

Late in the administration of President Johnson, General Ulysses S Grant argued with the President and in doing so; found himself aligned with the Radical Republicans.

October 16 will mark the 150th anniversary of John Brown's raid in Harpers Ferry. Hollywood sometimes misrepresented what happened but Brown's historic legacy endures.

Freeing Your Creativity is a classic book for beginning and experienced writers. It teaches how to banish fears, bad habits and excuses that keep creativity locked away.

Mansfield Lovell was a West Point educated engineer whose career as a Confederate general was tarnished by losing the port city of New Orleans to Admiral David Farragut.

From Beijing to bordellos, from Henry VIII to Robert E. Lee, we gave our readers a choice of historical locations to visit. Take a look at the choices.

Richmond, Virginia's Hollywood Cemetery is no run-of-the-mill graveyard. With so much history packed into its picturesque acres, it is worth exploring.

In the Battle of Cross Keys the Confederate forces were commanded by Stonewall Jackson, whilst the Union forces were commanded by George McClellan.

Robert Frost is America's most beloved poet. He considered himself a "lone wolf." While other poets were clinging to schools of poetry, he clung only to poetry itself.

The bare bones of Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol are thrown into a modern setting and twisted into a dark brilliant comedy that will have viewers laughing all the way

This historic home and property was a battleground during the Civil War, a place of inspiration after the war, and today is on the National Register of Historic Places.

He was both an Indian and a white man. A Seneca Chief and a Union Colonel. The first Native American to be Commissioner of Indian Affairs. This is Ely Parker.

History is written by the victor. In this case, the victor's history is rewritten in this compelling short story collection.

An unlikely hero would stall the Yankee advance on Richmond in April of 1862.

Following the unconditional surrender at Bataan, American and Filipino troops were marched north in April 1942, enduring shocking cruelties and inhumane treatment.

Army horsemasters were helpless to halt the misery of Federal and Confederate horses. Equine casualties were great on both sides.

Helen Keller has ousted Confederate officer Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall collection, but the building abounds in Confederate heroes.

The 58,000-mile voyage of the CSS Shenandoah marked the only time the flag of the Confederate States of America traversed the globe.

A great American General that led American and Coalition troops to victory in the Afghanistan War and the Iraqi War.

Henry Wirz was tried by a vindictive Federal Court Martial despite his claim he was 'only following orders.' He was the only Confederate to be executed for War Crimes.

With everything from Confederate memorabilia to garden furniture for sale, Richmond's museums offer shopping opportunities galore for museum goers.