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Ulysses S. Grant or Robert E. Lee? The historic rivalry between the South’s polished general and the North’s rough and rugged soldier is the subject of a new show at the Portrait Gallery.
The names Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee are connected through their Civil War bond and the historic surrender, 151 years ago today, at Appomattox Court House.
Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee and the theological virtue of hope Terrance Klein July 20, 2022 General Lee's farewell to his soldiers as depicted by Henry D. Northrop.
The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...
No man proved a more worthy opponent to Ulysses S. Grant than Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Lee was born the fourth child of Colonel Henry Lee and Ann Hill Carter on January 19, 1807.
“So Robert E. Lee was a great general and Abraham Lincoln developed a phobia,” Trump began, referencing the Confederate general who won many of the early battles against Lincoln's Union army ...
This Tuesday marked the 159th anniversary of Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox — the beginning of the end of a bitter and bloody ...
Relative of Robert E. Lee prefers bio over battles. ... Lee’s father had also distinguished himself as Ulysses S. Grant would a generation later — as a total business failure.
Some of the items removed include portraits of Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant in Confederate uniform, stone busts of Lee and Grant, and a bronze triptych, West Point’s Superintendent ...
West Point over its holiday break will remove a portrait of Robert E. Lee in Confederate uniform as well as a bust of the general from prominent spots on campus, carrying out directives that were ...