May 31, 1862 General Joseph E. Johnson is shot off his horse and severely injured in the Battle of the Seven Pines. Robert E. Lee is chosen to replace Johnson and take control of the South's ...

Robert E. Lee Memorial Association ... In the excerpt that follows, the general masses his troops for a battle over three humid July days in a Pennsylvania town. Its name would thereafter resound ...

Using innovative cartographic tools, she has cast fresh light on hoary historical debates—What was Robert ... by Lee’s boots. “We can’t account for the haze and smoke of battle in GIS ...

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 ...

Lee himself indicated the difficulty humorously when he was remonstrated with for taking unnecessary risks, and answered, 'I wish someone would tell me my proper place in battle. I am always told ...