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A Confederate Hero Steeped in Secrets: 9 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee has filled the news headlines lately. Lee is a controversial figure due to his service to the pro-slavery Confederacy, viewed as treason by many, and for the heroic status,…

By Larry Holzwarth · 18 min

Civil War

This Day In History: The South Reacts to Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation (1863)

On this date in history, news of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation reaches the Southern States. Pro-Confederate newspapers react with horror at the…

Ed · 3 min