Regarded as the war’s finest general, Robert E. Lee was a master of the organization of war. The country’s most experienced general in 1861, he declined President Lincoln’s offer to head the Union ...

An underwater look at wrecks that rest only miles apart in the Gulf of Mexico. The Robert E. Lee, a passenger steamer that was attacked en route from New Orleans to Trinidad, is seen in this image ...

On Sunday, Jan. 19, the state of Florida officially honors the birth of a man who led armies to fight against the United States of America. Robert E. Lee's birthday is one of three Confederate ...

Family members of Confederate Army General Robert E. Lee and descendants of people the Lee family enslaved will meet on the very same land their ancestors lived and worked on in a reconciliatory event ...

A rust-colored 1875 almanac, a cloth envelope and a silver coin were found Wednesday in a time capsule that lay hidden beneath a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Virginia for more ...

How does Alan Cumming follow up his first No. 1 one best-selling memoir, “Not My Father’s Son“? The actor, author, screenwriter and performer will be here to talk about his latest book, “Baggage.” ...

Confederate memorabilia and ammo were pulled Tuesday from a 19 th century time capsule that had been embedded in a massive pedestal under a Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, Va. Preservationists found ...

Communities across the American South have removed Confederate monuments from public spaces in recent years. Some have gone to museums, others are locked away in storage. But one particularly ...

The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that once stood in downtown Charlottesville, Va., will be melted down and turned into a public arts project after receiving city council approval this week ...

President Trump announced Tuesday that he will restore the names of Fort Robert E. Lee and six other military bases that formerly honored Confederate war leaders. “For a little breaking news, we are ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that drew violent protests to Charlottesville, Virginia, will be melted down and turned into a new piece of public art by an African ...

The Charlottesville City Council decided on Monday to give a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee to a local heritage center. The statue, which is bronze, will be melted down and converted into ...