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  2. Robert E. Lee - Wikipedia

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    Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, toward the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. He led the Army of Northern Virginia —the Confederacy's most powerful army—from 1862 until its surrender in 1865, earning a ...

  3. James Longstreet - Wikipedia

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    James Longstreet (January 8, 1821 – January 2, 1904) was a Confederate general who served during the American Civil War and was the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse". He served under Lee as a corps commander for most of the battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Eastern Theater ...

  4. Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial - Wikipedia

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    Arlington House is the historic family residence of Robert E. Lee, commanding general of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War in Arlington County, Virginia. The estate of the historic home along with a memorial to Lee are now the center of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, where they overlook the Potomac River and the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

  5. List of plantations in Georgia (U.S. state) - Wikipedia

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    Grove Point Plantation Chatham 80004451 Wilkes Knob Plantation: Marshallville: Macon 80001061 William S. Simmons Plantation: Cave Spring Floyd 84000265 Stafford Plantation: St. Marys: Camden: The only antebellum-era structures are "the chimneys," slave cabin ruins. 70000205 Susina Plantation: Beachton Grady: 89002037 Tarver Plantation: Newton ...

  6. Westview Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    Westview Cemetery, located in Atlanta, Georgia, is the largest civilian cemetery in the Southeastern United States, comprising more than 582 acres (2.36 km 2 ), 50 percent of which is undeveloped. The cemetery includes the graves of more than 125,000 people and was added to the Georgia Register of Historic Places in 2019 and the National ...

  7. William Tecumseh Sherman - Wikipedia

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    William Tecumseh Sherman (/ t ɪ ˈ k ʌ m s ə / tih-KUM-sə; February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865), achieving recognition for his command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the scorched-earth policies that he ...

  8. West Point, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .cityofwestpointga .com. West Point is a city in Troup and Harris counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is located approximately halfway between Montgomery, Alabama and Atlanta along Interstate 85. As of 2020, its population was 3,719. Most of the city is in Troup County, which is part of the LaGrange micropolitan statistical ...

  9. Jefferson Davis - Wikipedia

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    Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American Civil War.