“Historical landmarks were our pins in the map.” Between scheduled stops ... light on hoary historical debates—What was Robert E. Lee thinking at Gettysburg?—and navigated new and ...

Johnson is shot off his horse and severely injured in the Battle of the Seven Pines. Robert E. Lee is chosen to replace Johnson and take control of the South's biggest field army, the Army of ...

Lee's father, Maj. Gen. "Light-Horse Harry" Lee fought in the Revolutionary War. Robert E. Lee Memorial Association ... the general masses his troops for a battle over three humid July days ...

young Robert E. Lee instead entered the United States Military Academy at West Point. There, he quickly rose in the ranks and graduated second in the class of 1829. Lee first saw battle in the ...