Robert Edward Lee was born on January 19, 1807, and died October 12, 1870. He was born on the Stratford Estate in Westmoreland County, Virginia to Henry "Light-Horse" Harry" Lee, a political leader and soldier, and Ann Hill Carter. His father had fought in the Revolutionary War. Robert E. Lee went to the United States Military Academy at West Point and graduated second in his class in 1829. After graduating, Robert E. Lee started out in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He got married to Mary Anna Custis Lee on 1831, who was the great-granddaughter of Martha Washington, the first First Lady. During the Mexican-American war, Robert E. Lee served as a Captain under General Winfield Scott. The General thought Robert E. Lee was the best soldier he had ever seen on the field.
Robert E. Lee was a General for the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln offered Robert E. Lee the command of the Union Forces in 1861. However, he rejected the offer and resigned from the army after Virginia seceded. Robert E. Lee loved his state, Virginia, and he couldn't fight against his homeland. He served as military advisor to President Jefferson Davis until he assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia. He immediately made offensive moves with the army which made the Union Army retreat outside Richmond in the Seven Days Battles. Robert E. Lee had been successful in saving the Confederate Capital. However, he wanted a successful victory in the North. He led his army into Maryland in September, 1862 with the hope to drive away the focus in Virginia. However, the plan was discovered by General George McClellan, and the two armies began to fight at the Battle of Antietam. Lee managed to hold on for a day, then there were too many casualties and he retreated. Robert E. Lee went on defense and won the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Battle of Chancellorsville. Lee gained great confidence after the successful victory at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
Why Robert E. Lee Became the Symbol of the South During the 19th century, Robert E. Lee, through strategic brilliance and inspired leadership, turned the Confederate States of America from a defenseless military nation into a viable threat to the Union. Lee represented the South admirably with ...
The Biography of Robert Frost Robert Lee Frost, named after the confederate general Robert E. Lee, was born in San Francisco on March 26, 1874. ... (Robert, 1) His father, William Prescott Frost Jr., was a journalist and local politician. ... Frost's poems received great reviews and his fame began to grow (Biography, 1). ... Robert Lee Frost died on January 29, 1963. ...
One entry in her journal notes, "As General Lee walks in to the church our eyes met. ... In fact, the surrender by Robert E. Lee at Appomattox is written on an old recipe book. ... References Muhlenfeld, E (1981). Mary Boykin Chesnut A Biography. ...
" According to [She13]: After the First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) he resigned his commission from the 1st Virginia Cavalry due to differences he had with General Robert E. Lee's nephew-Fitzhugh Lee. ... Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, Gen. ...
(Encyclopedia of World Biography 493.) ... In March l864 Grant was appointed lieutenant general and was put in command of all Union armies His basic plan was to go after Robert E. Lee's troops. ... Grant released General Lee and his soldiers on their honor. He allowed Lee's men to keep their "horses for spring plowing". ...
The thirty-fifth president of the United States of America, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, was a determined man pushing to make great changes for the nation. Coming from Massachusetts, he would have a long journey before he would even step into the White House. Although his father's original plan did not ...
Suzanne M. Coil's Harriet Beecher Stowe is a biography of one of the most influential women of the 1800s. Well-written and organized, the book is enjoyable and informative to read, although it does not go into detail about any facet of Stowe's life. Coil's sources for her book come mainly from oth...
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