Lincoln was, as usual, astute. The abolitionist movement in the North was led by Christians convinced that God abhorred ...

Petersburg National Battlefield is located in South-central Virginia. The park offers driving tours of the siege and bat ...

A Confederate Raider Fired the Final Shots of the Civil War in the Arctic, Two and a Half Months After Robert E. Lee Surrendered The CSS “Shenandoah” only learned of the Confederacy’s defeat ...

News that the war had ended and that they were finally free reached Galveston when a Union major and his troops arrived on June 19, 1865, more than two months after Confederate General Robert E. Lee ...

Fitz Lee grew up in Dinwiddie County, received the Medal of Honor for bravery during wartime and died of health issues ...

Some of the Trump's most extreme supporters ignored Martin Luther King Jr. to celebrate so-called Robert E. Lee Day instead.

Robert E. Lee's birthday is one of three Confederate holidays still on the books for Florida after well over a century, despite numerous attempts to remove them.

April 9, 1865. Surrounded with no possibility of escape, the Confederate General surrendered his troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in Appomattox, VA. Lee met Grant in full dress attire at 1 p.m ...

Monuments to the Confederacy got emotionally rich ceremonies when they were installed. They deserve no less when they come down.

Somewhere between 26,000-28,000 Confederate officers and soldiers of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s army surrendered at Appomattox and an additional 20,000 troops left the army after April 1, or refused ...

This simple dish towel was used as a flag of truce by Confederate troops during Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, and is now on display at the ...

Sunday, April 9th, marks the 158th Anniversary of the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse and Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender of his 28,000 Confederate troops to Union General Ulysses ...