Gen. Robert E. Lee Death mask of Robert E. Lee, plaster mold of Lee's face when he died by Clark Mills (American, 1810-1883), 1870. Life sized. Eyes are shut, beard shows, open in back.

When Confederate Army general Robert E. Lee died five years after the Civil War ended, the cause of his death had doctors stumped. He had been in poor health, but his specific illness was a ...

Robert E. Lee. The Confederate general — who surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, marking the beginning of the end of the American Civil War — died on Oct. 12, ... His death mask, ...

Washington and Lee University is named for George Washington and Robert E. Lee. ... The school’s trustees then changed the name to Washington and Lee University in 1870, shortly after Lee’s death.

A ribbon with the likeness of Robert E. Lee that was buried in the time capsule. Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP. Instead, an image of someone grieving over Lincoln’s grave was found in ...

Lee's father, Maj. Gen. "Light-Horse Harry" Lee fought in the Revolutionary War. Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, Stratford Few figures in American history are more divisive, contradictory or ...