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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Robert E. Lee"”.
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Assessing Outcomes of a Recycling Education and Service Program within an Elementary School
… school recycling program was implemented within Robert E. Lee Elementary. The primary goal of the program was to determine how recycling education in the school would affect curbside recycling rates within the surrounding community. The program was a cooperative effort between the University of …
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Heritage or Hate?: An Examination of Americans’ Popular Memory of the Confederate States of America and Its Icons
… icons, such as the so-called "Confederate Flag," Robert E. Lee, and Nathan Bedford Forrest, should be considered symbols of heritage or of hate reflects the controversial nature of Confederate Memory. However, the true history of these Confederate icons is lost in the modern debate, especially …
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The Break-up of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi Army, 1865
… River, the surrender of armies led by Generals Robert E. Lee and Joseph E. Johnston ended the war. After a significant decline in morale and discipline throughout the spring of 1865, soldiers of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi Department chose to break-up and return home. As compensation for …
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Brigadier General James Dearing, C.S.A
… and its vital railroads. Early in 1865, Robert E. Lee gave Dearing command of the Laurel Brigade and recommended his promotion to major general. Before receiving the promotion, Deairing was mortally wounded near Farmville while covering Lee’s retreat toward Appomattox. On April 22, …
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The 42nd Virginia Infantry Regiment, C.S.A.
… most outstanding Confederate commanders: Gens. Robert E. Lee, Thomas J. Jackson and Jubal A. Early. By no means a “model” regiment, the 42nd Virginia did offer unstinting and dependable service to the Confederate cause. Gallantry and selfless behavior at Kernstown, Second Manassas and …
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On Both Sides - A Novel
… removal of statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Numerous counter-protesters filled the streets of Charlottesville, defying the white nationalists. At 1:45 p.m. on August 12, 2017, James Alex Fields Jr. drove his Dodge Challenger into the crowd, injuring 19 and …
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Memorialising White Supremacy: The Politics of Statue Removal: A Comparative Case Study of the Rhodes Statue at the University of Cape Town and the Lee Statue in Charlottesville, Virginia
… removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, resulting in the deaths of multiple people in Charlottesville, Virginia. Increasing research on the removal of Rhodes and the removal of Confederate statuary has emerged in recent years. However, previous scholarship has failed to …
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Two paths to command: command systems of the Union and the Confederacy, 1861-1865
… system and appointed Major General Henry Halleek to that post. Although seemingly qualified to be the senior military commander, Halleck refused to wield the authority Lincoln was willing to give him. Consequently, for a year and a half, Lincoln maintained a high degree of personal …
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For Honor and Duty: The Civil War Experience of William Washington Gordon II
… information on Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and William T. Sherman fill library bookshelves all over the country. In recent years, however, scholars have placed more emphasis on the war's minor combatants and their role, however small, in shaping the history of America's …
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"Bound Together . . . By Blood and Soul": Donald Davidson's Strategic Retreat into the Myth of Life in the Old South
… in the Southern literary canon, I compare his "Lee in the Mountains" to Robert Penn Warren's Brother to Dragons, emphasizing the importance of secular original sin in the lives of two historical legends, Robert E. Lee and Thomas Jefferson, a fact that brings universal appeal to Davidson's …
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An Assessment of the Quality of Agricultural Best Management Practices in the James River Basin of Virginia
… of an assessed BMP or farm size. One SWCD, the Robert E. Lee district, had a statistically significant difference in the design quality component means; cost-share mean = 4.21, non cost-share mean = 2.94 with a p-value of 0.048. The statistically significant differences that were detected do not …