Robert E. Lee |
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Robert E. Lee was a central character in America's defining national trauma, the Civil War. Explore other facets of his life through images.Â
Robert E. Lee |
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No man proved a more worthy opponent to Ulysses S. Grant than Confederate General Robert E. Lee.Â
Robert E. Lee |
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Robert Edward Lee was the fourth child born to Colonel Harry and Ann Lee, prominent members of the Virginia aristocracy. Explore a timeline of his life.
Robert E. Lee |
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To many a symbol of slavery and oppression, the Confederate general remains a source of fascination and, for some, veneration.
RFK |
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RFK Â offers insights into topics in American history including the presidency, political families and campaigns, the tumult of the late 1960s and especially the shock year 1968.
John and Abigail Adams |
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A timeline of events in the Adams family from John's birth in 1735, to his death in 1826.
John and Abigail Adams |
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John Adams called the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 "war measures," but to opponents, they were unconstitutional and indefensible.
John and Abigail Adams |
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The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution.
John and Abigail Adams |
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From the moment John Adams entered the presidency in 1797, the United States was in a state of undeclared war with France.
John and Abigail Adams |
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In 1788, when John Adams returned from Europe to a hero's welcome, he came home to limitless possibilities.Â
John and Abigail Adams |
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Between 1778 and 1788, John Adams served his country as a diplomat in France, the Netherlands, and Great Britain.Â
John and Abigail Adams |
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The First Continental Congress formed in response to the British Parliament's passage of the Intolerable Acts.
