While the surrender of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia ended the fighting for its units, it also created chaos — were the soldiers prisoners of war, and if not, how do they get back home?

On soil once owned by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was eventually transformed into a national cemetery, Civil War enthusiasts gathered to remember the 150th anniversary of Lee’s surrender of ...

Editors: The Associated Press was there for the surrender of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee at Appomattox in 1865 and again is there today for the 150th commemoration of the end to the nation's ...

Robert E. Lee at age 31, then a young Lieutenant of Engineers, U. S. Army, 1838. PD. Robert Edward Lee is the fourth child born to Colonel Harry and Ann Lee, prominent members of the Virginia ...

On Sunday, Jan. 19, the state of Florida officially honors the birth of a man who led armies to fight against the United States of America. Robert E. Lee's birthday is one of three Confederate ...

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park is located in South Central Virginia. The park interprets the final events of the Civil War. In early April 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee was ...

In January of 1865, three months before General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, a new ban ...

Communities across the American South have removed Confederate monuments from public spaces in recent years. Some have gone to museums, others are locked away in storage. But one particularly ...

A painting of Gen. Robert E. Lee dressed in his Confederate uniform is back on display in the West Point's library, several years after the storied academy removed honors to the Civil War military ...