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American History Review: Robert E. Lee

by Gene Santoro10/2/2017

Robert E. Lee American Experience DVD The conflict that began in 1861 never quite […]

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Film Review: PBS American Experience / Robert E. Lee

by Rad Bennett9/22/20174/25/2024

PBS American Experience: Robert E. Lee directed by Adriana Bosch In January PBS’ “American […]

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Book Review: A Glorious Army / Robert E. Lee’s Triumph, 1862-1863

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A Glorious Army: Robert E. Lee’s Triumph, 1862-1863 by Jeffry D. Wert, Simon & […]

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Blue and Gray: Robert E. Lee’s Conflicted Loyalties

by Gary W. Gallagher9/19/2017

Robert E. Lee’s decision to leave the U.S. Army and cast his lot with […]

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7 Days that made Robert E. Lee an Icon

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Through May 1862, Robert E. Lee seemed destined to end up a footnote in […]

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A Question of Loyalty: Why Did Robert E. Lee Join the Confederacy

by Gary W. Gallagher4/27/20175/11/2017

Why, exactly, did Robert E. Lee fight for the Confederacy? ROBERT E. LEE should […]

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Lincoln, Grant, and the Trouble with Robert E. Lee

by Ethan S. Rafuse3/17/20175/15/2017

The president and his best general knew they had to end the menace in […]

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A One-Sided Friendship: Joseph E. Johnston and Robert E. Lee

by Gary W. Gallagher2/21/20175/17/2017

In April 1870, Robert E. Lee and Joseph E. Johnston, both 63 years old, […]

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Book Review: Jubal Early- Robert E. Lee’s “Bad Old Man”

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Jubal Early: Robert E. Lee’s “Bad Old Man”  Benjamin Franklin Cooling III Rowman & […]

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Book Review: Crucible of Command / Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee

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Crucible of Command: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee—The War They Fought, the […]

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