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Field Notes: New Home for Dallas Robert E. Lee Statue
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John B. Hood’s Hard Stand on Honor Made Robert E. Lee Cry
On the eve of Sharpsburg, Uncle Robert broke down when the tough Texan refused to apologize to Shanks Evans
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Robert E. Lee Jr.: The Legend’s Last Son Followed the Family to War
After serving as a junior officer, ‘Rob’ Lee wrote a renowned chronicle of his father’s life
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Jeb Stuart writes to Robert E. Lee’s son
Despite James Ewell Brown Stuart’s countless successes in the field,one goal continued to elude […]
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Robert E. Lee Jr. Encounters His Father on the Battlefield
‘You all must do what you can to help drive these people back.’
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The Unfulfilled Promise of Robert E. Lee’s Favorite Officer
So what if Henry Heth graduated dead last at West Point? String pulling by […]
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Robert E. Lee Takes Center Stage
At Gaines’ Mill, Lee’s battlefield debut was a tactical triumph that Union General George […]
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Unforgiven: Robert E. Lee’s Conflicted Legacy
For some a secular saint, for others a symbol of oppression
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Robert E. Lee and Slavery
The general’s own words plainly state his view of the Peculiar Institution. As a […]