were deprived of a classic personal history of the War Between the States worthy to sit on the shelf next to Ulysses S.Grant's Personal Memoirs.The Reverend J. William Jones, Lee's chaplain, compiled this collection of reminiscences in its place as a memorial volume commemorating his death....
legend even before his death on October 12, 1870. General Robert E. Lee is buried at Lexington, Virginia. The son of a Revolutionary War hero, Robert E. Lee was a model cadet. So much so, in fact, that he was dubbed the "Marble Statue" for his nearly perfect record while at the ...
Continuing on is the Robert E. Lee Memorial Episcopal church (15) built in 1883. General Lee had served as Senior Warden of Lexington’s Grace Episcopal Church, and as such, just a few days before his death in 1870, he approved plans for a new church building. General Francis H. Smith...
In Richmond, a city that was the capital of the Confederacy for much of the Civil War, the Gen Lee statue became the epicentre of last summer’s protest movement. The city has removed more than a dozen other pieces of Confederate statuary on city land since Mr Floyd’s death. As one o...
Biography of Robert E. Lee, Confederate commander of the Army of Northern Virginia and later all Southern armies during the American Civil War (1861–65). The Army of Northern Virginia was the most successful of the Southern armies. Lee became an endurin
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Davis was unable to accept the office immediately, owing to the illness and subsequent death of his wife, so the position was temporarily filled by Keyes. Davis's last act as attorney general was to advise the president and the cabinet to accept the terms of a presurrender agreement. The ...
His death was a severe blow to the Southern cause. Jackson was a tactician of first rank and, though a strict disciplinarian, had the affection of his men. His devout Calvinism, fighting ability, and arresting personal quirks make him one of the most interesting figures of the war. He was...
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