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The Battle of Yellow Tavern (11 May 1864) was a pivotal engagement of the American Civil War (1861-1865), not so much for any grand strategic reason than for the loss of Major General J. E. B. Stuart...

Portrait of Henry Lee III, better known as 'Light-horse Harry' Lee, cavalry officer of the Continental Army, ninth Governor of Virginia, and father of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Oil on canvas painting by William Edward West...

Robert E. Lee (center) with his son Custis Lee (left) and aide Walter H. Taylor (right), photograph by M. B. Brady & Co., April 1865. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

The Battle of Fort Washington (16 November 1776) took place during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) as part of the British effort to seize control of Manhattan Island. It saw a British and Hessian force capture...

A Lee-Enfield bolt-action rifle with bayonet attached, the standard weapon for British Army soldiers on the Western Front during the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums, London.

Portrait of Confederate General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) by Julian Vannerson, March 1864. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Gen. Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) surrenders to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) at Appomattox Court House on 9 April 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War. Painting by Thomas Nast.

Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) in his Confederate general uniform, 1863.

Image of John Lee, author of The First Black Archaeologist: A Life of John Wesley Gilbert.

Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) in uniform as a lieutenant in the US Army Corps of Engineers, portrait by William Edward West, 1838.