Robert E. Lee

confedrate_statues_new_orleans_97969.jpg

Workers prepare to take down the statue of former Confederate general Robert E. Lee, which stands over 100 feet tall, in Lee Circle in New Orleans, Friday, May 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

aptopix_confedrate_statues_new_orleans_62409.jpg

Workers prepare to take down the statue of former Confederate general Robert E. Lee, which stands over 100 feet tall, in Lee Circle in New Orleans, Friday, May 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

lee_king_holiday_12550.jpg

Arkansas state Sen. Joyce Elliott, left, signs a souvenir copy of a bill that moves the state's Robert E. Lee holiday to October, as Gov. Asa Hutchison speaks after signing the bill in the governor's conference room inside the state Capitol in Little Rock, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Until Hutchison signed the bill, Arkansas had celebrated Lee and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., on the same day in January. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)

lee_king_holiday_14404.jpg

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson speaks in the governor's conference room inside the state Capitol in Little Rock, Tuesday, March 21, 2017, before signing a bill moving the state's Robert E. Lee holiday to October. Until Hutchison signed the bill, Arkansas had celebrated Lee and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., on the same day in January. A portrait of Hutchinson's predecessor, Gov. Mike Beebe, hangs above the fireplace. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)

AP_6501010513

Gen. Robert E. Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was an American general known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865. Lee was a top graduate of the United States Military Academy and an exceptional officer and military engineer in the United States Army for 32 years. During this time, he served throughout the United States, distinguished himself during the Mexican–American War, and served as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy. (AP Photo/Mathew B. Brady)

lee-king_holiday_arkansas_57637.jpg

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, left, and Sen. Dave Wallace speak to the Senate Education Committee Thursday, March 2, 2017, in Little Rock about a proposal to remove Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from the state holiday honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo)

lee_king_holiday_20012.jpg

This Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, photo shows a sign on the door of a state treasurer's office in Little Rock, Ark., noting the joint holiday Jan. 16 observing the birthdays of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Gov. Asa Hutchinson is reviving an effort to remove Lee from the holiday. But he faces resistance from opponents who complain the move belittles the state's Confederate heritage and from black lawmakers worried about a plan to set aside another day to honor Lee. (AP Photo/Kelly Kissel)

1_182016_b1-mcma-robert-e-le8201.jpg

Gen. Robert E. Lee

1_182016_mcmath-robert-e-lee8201.jpg

Gen. Robert E. Lee

af84e183532a581c7a0f6a7067006f13.jpg

A statue of Robert E. Lee is on display on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 24, 2015. The statue was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Virginia in 1909. Lee served as a commander in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The move in South Carolina to remove the Confederate flag from the statehouse grounds is prompting members of Congress to take a new look at Confederate images that surround them every day. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

tribute.jpg

ILLUSTRATION Confederate Gen. Thomas Jonathan 'Stonewall' Jackson (L) and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee

Stonewall_Lee.jpg

Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee (Illustration/The Washington Times)

AP13060502440.jpg

A monument to General Robert E. Lee mounted on his horse Traveller sits atop a ridge held by Confederate troops, above the field of Pickett's Charge, Wednesday, June 5, 2013, in Gettysburg, Pa. Tens of thousands of visitors are expected for the 10-day schedule of events that begin June 29 to mark the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg that took that took place July 1-3, 1863. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)