On the second day of fighting at Gettysburg, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee listened to scouting reports, scanned the battlefield and ordered his second-in-command, James Longstreet, to attack the ...

Many historians consider the 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville to be Confederate General Robert E. Lee's greatest victory. Facing a Union Army more than twice the size of his own, Lee divided his ...

“You can see a lot from up here, and Robert E. Lee might have thought on July 2 that he had seen everything,” said Guelzo, who has written a new book on the Battle of Gettysburg.

Looking at the Battle of Gettysburg Through Robert E. Lee’s Eyes Anne Kelly Knowles, the winner of Smithsonian American Ingenuity Awards, uses GIS technology to change our view of history ...

Robert E. Lee Statue Sparks New Antietam Battle Vince Pearson reports on the latest battle for Antietam. The Civil War battlefield is at the center of a debate over whether a man who owns property ...

On July 1, 1863, Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate forces approached Gettysburg from the north and west in a bid to crush the Army of the Potomac as Union troops scrambled north.

Robert E. Lee was the son of a Revolutionary War hero who was a trusted aide to George Washington. In 1861, after 25 years in the U.S. Army, Lee turned down an offer to command Union forces in the ...

“You can see a lot from up here, and Robert E. Lee might have thought on July 2 that he had seen everything,” said Guelzo, who has written a new book on the Battle of Gettysburg.

GETTYSBURG – On the second day of fighting at Gettysburg, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee listened to scouting reports, scanned the battlefield and ordered his second-in-command, James Longstr… ...