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  1. 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.

    • Early Military Career
    • Mexican-American War
    • Civil War

    Robert E. Leewas appointed as a cadet at West Point on July 1, 1825, from Virginia. He graduated second in the class of 46 and was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. on July 1, 1829, in the Corps of Engineers. Robert was the first cadet to achieve the rank of Sergeant at the end of his first year. While he was on leave he experienced the trauma of having hi...

    Captain Robert E. Lee entered Mexico on October 12, 1846, as a staff engineer with the column under Brigadier General John E. Wool. Captain Lee was ordered to join General Winfield Scottat Brazos, Texas in January of 1847. He was the chief engineer for General Scott in the planned invasion of the Mexican coast. Captain Lee found a way to get around...

    His service in the Civil Waris well known and his tactical actions are respected. He took on an impossible task and managed to keep the army together and get close to defeating the Union, despite the superior numbers. In reality, although many want to romanticize Lee, once Ulysses S. Grant was put into command it was only a matter of time. Grant kn...

  2. The Making of Robert E. Lee by Michael Fellman is a biography of the famous Confederate general. It looks mostly at his character and beliefs. It says relatively little about the details of particular battles, though it speculates about why he may have made particular choices.

  3. May 28, 2019 · Robert Edward Lee Jr. was the sixth of his parents’ seven children. The youngest of three boys, he was born October 27, 1843, atArlington Plantation, the home of his mother, Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee, daughter of George Washington Parke Custis, the adopted grandson of George Washington.

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  4. Oct 29, 2009 · Robert E. Lee Statues. The Confederate general remains one of the most divisive figures in American history. Statues and other memorials built in his honor have become flashpoints in cities...

  5. Oct 8, 2024 · Biography of Robert E. Lee, Confederate commander of the Army of Northern Virginia and later all Southern armies during the American Civil War (1861–65). The Army of Northern Virginia was the most successful of the Southern armies.

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  7. Mar 31, 2021 · After Jeffrey’s death, his son Michael completed the trilogy, publishing Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure, the former of which was adapted into a 2003 film of the same name, starring...

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