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3 days ago · Join us for an in-depth exploration of one of the most significant battles in American history with a detailed reading of General Robert E. Lee's official re...
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5 days ago · Battle of Gettysburg, major engagement in the American Civil War that was fought southwest of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and was a crushing Southern defeat. The three-day conflict involved more than 71,000 Confederate troops commanded by General Robert E. Lee and nearly 94,000 Union troops under General George Meade.
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- The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, during the American Civil War, in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
- The Battle of Gettysburg, a major battle of the American Civil War, was fought between the Union army (the North) and the Confederate army (the Sou...
- The Battle of Gettysburg was won by the Union army (the North).
- The Battle of Gettysburg was one of the turning points of the American Civil War. The South lost many of its men, including generals and colonels,...
- The Gettysburg Address was a speech given on November 19, 1863, by U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysb...
3 days ago · So far, Robert E. Lee is winning the battle. But U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) is insistent he won’t win the war. Legislation from Beyer to remove the Confederate general’s name from the National Park Service’s Arlington House national monument now has 138 cosponsors. And at a recent event, Beyer said an eventual renaming “will happen.”
5 days ago · With great respect, your obedient servant, R. E. LEE, General. CAPTURE OF HARPER'S FERRY AND OPERATIONS IN MARYLAND. The enemy having retired to the protection of the fortifications around Washington and Alexandria, the army marched on September 3 toward Leesburg.
3 days ago · Robert E. Lee was the head of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War and one of the war's most recognizable figures. He was born on Jan. 19, 1807, in Stratford Va. His father was Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, a former governor of Virginia and hero of the Revolutionary War.
3 days ago · MYTH: Robert E. Lee didn't own slaves or support slavery. In the decades following the American Civil War, a lot of work was done to paint Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee as a saintly hero. This ...
3 days ago · “At Washington and Lee, I remember speaking at Lee Chapel there and seeing the drape covering the final resting place of Robert E. Lee. And if you know, Robert E. Lee, led the Confederate armies, and they were fighting to defend the right to slavery, and we ought to teach that,” he told The Spectator. But Mr. Pence also noted how the full ...
