Grant than Confederate General Robert E. Lee ... ranks and graduated second in the class of 1829. Lee first saw battle in the Mexican War, fought in 1846-48. He served as captain under General ...

Robert E. Lee at age 31, then a young Lieutenant ... the children and remains engaged in their growth. As the Mexican-American war develops, Lee is called upon to lend his engineering skills ...

Mississippi and Alabama are the last states to celebrate Confederate general Robert E. Lee alongside Civil Rights icon Martin ...

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

The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon.

West Point graduate Robert E. Lee of Virginia was such a celebrated warrior during the U.S.-Mexico War that his former mentor, Gen. Winfield Scott, asked him to lead Union forces against the ...