Robert E. Lee at age 31, then a young Lieutenant of Engineers, U. S. Army, 1838. PD. Robert Edward Lee is the fourth child born to Colonel Harry and Ann Lee, prominent members of the Virginia ...

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 ...

The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday. But in Alabama and Mississippi, it's also Robert E. Lee ...

Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.

Lee instead. Alabama and Mississippi have recognized Robert E. Lee Day as a state holiday since the early 1900s, later combining it with the federal celebration of King, which President Ronald ...