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...red the city, with the Confederates still buying enough time for General [[Robert E. Lee]]'s army to escape. Lee would surrender eight days later to Grant at Appoma

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...ruction, Halleck's plan failed and led to the defeat of Pope's armies by [[Robert E. Lee]]. Disciples of the Jomini-inspired "places theory" argued that the Confed

...ery|slave]] insurrection. The arsenal was retaken by marines led by Col. [[Robert E. Lee]] and Brown was tried for insurrection, [[treason]], and murder by a Virgin

...important figures in American history such as [[George Washington]] and [[Robert E. Lee]] had homes and lived along the banks of the Potomac. [[Mount Vernon]], Was

...of [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]]'s transfer of ownership of statues of [[Robert E. Lee]] and [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]] as a means of removing them (see [[Memphis

...the other hand, the Civil War stimulated revivals, especially in General [[Robert E. Lee]]'s army. After the war, [[Dwight Moody]] made revivalism the centerpiece o

...me derived from his confidential service, sometimes directly for General [[Robert E. Lee]], but much through J.E.B. Stuart until his death in March, 1864. By the en

...greater impact on his development than his professors: Roony Lee (son of [[Robert E. Lee]]), [[Henry Hobson Richardson]], and [[Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.]]. He wa

...fame for his capture of [[Vicksburg, Mississippi]] (1863) and defeat of [[Robert E. Lee]] (1865), thereby winning the [[American Civil War]]. He is commemorated on

...ion capture of Vicksburg. One theater commander was urgently needed, but [[Robert E. Lee]], the chief Confederate strategist, was so focused on his invasion of Penn

...shadowed Confederate exhaustion and ultimate defeat. Confederate General [[Robert E. Lee]] led his Army of Northern Virginia on a raid into Pennsylvania designed to

...later on one side or the other of the [[American Civil War]], including [[Robert E. Lee]] and [[Ulysses S. Grant]]. An estimated 25,000 Mexican and 15,000 Americ ...defenses at a pass just below Cerro Gordo. At the suggestion of Captain [[Robert E. Lee]], Brigadier General David E. Twiggs's division left the highway some dista

The most prominent scalawags included General [[James Longstreet]] (Robert E. Lee's top general), [[Joseph E. Brown]], the wartime governor of Georgia, and G

* Connelly, Thomas L., "Robert E. Lee and the Western Confederacy: A Criticism of Lee's Strategic Ability." Civil * Harsh, Joseph L. ''Taken at the Flood: Robert E. Lee and Confederate Strategy in the Maryland Campaign of 1862'' Kent State Univ

...ysburg]] took place July 1-3, 1863, decisively defeating the invasion by [[Robert E. Lee]]. Union armies failed to trap Lee and he escaped back to Virginia. Dead fr

The public school at that time (renamed around 1910 for Robert E. Lee) was the site of troop recruitment for the Confederacy. ...sociation. The site and building had born the name of confederate general Robert E. Lee since 1910.<ref>The PI (Paris Post-Intelligencer) Aug 28, 2020 article ''<s

When [[Robert E. Lee]] and the other generals surrendered their armies in the spring of 1865, th ...e armed forces. Many had served in the [[Mexican-American War]] (including Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis), but others had little or no military experience (such

...series of inept or under- confident generals who kept failing to defeat [[Robert E. Lee]] or capture Richmond. [[George McClellan]] in particular was brilliant at