I grew up in Richmond, Virginia, where the legacy of Robert E. Lee loomed large. Well before I learned Civil War history, I was taught that Lee was a good Christian and a southern gentleman. At family ...

Lee's Confederate army, and proceed 35 miles to Richmond ... the town and a fierce street fight ensues. Urban warfare such as this was uncommon during the Civil War. Lee does not entirely ...

The fighting of the American Civil War ultimately reached nearly every state in the Northern and Southern territories, with ...

The Militia Act, passed by the United States Congress in 1862, allowed enslaved men to fight for their country during the ...