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Robert E. Lee
Confederate States Army general (1807–1870)
"General Lee" redirects here. For other uses, see General Lee (disambiguation) and Robert E. Lee (disambiguation).
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| Birth name | Robert Edward Lee |
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| Born | (1807-01-19)January 19, 1807 Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | October 12, 1870(1870-10-12) (aged 63) Lexington, Virginia, U.S. |
| Buried | University Chapel at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, U.S. |
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| Alma mater | United States Military Academy |
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| Relations | Lee family |
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| In office February 6, 1865 – April 12, 1865 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| In office 1865–1870 | |
| Preceded by | George Junkin (Washington College) |
| Succeeded by | Custis Lee |
| In office 1852–
Words from the achiever I think the book that I learned the most from in terms of technique, as a storyteller, was Douglas Southall Freeman’s great biography of Robert E. Lee. He tells you in the foreword what he’s going to do. You’re never going to know anything in this book that Robert E. Lee didn’t know. So if we’re in the middle of the Civil War at the time of the Battle of Chancellorsville, and Hooker is coming around Lee’s flank, and he’s going to try to sneak in and make an attack from the rear, and Lee doesn’t know that, you’re not going to know that as a reader. You’re going to find out what Hooker is doing at the moment that Lee finds it out. In telling a story, don’t ever flash-forward, don’t ever give your story away. Keep your concentration on the person you’re writing about or the event you’re writing about. Let things develop chronologically, because that’s the way it happens in real life. Now that sounds very simple and very easy to do, but it’s awfully hard to do. Th
Robert E. LeeBorn to Revolutionary War hero Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee in Stratford Hall, Virginia, Robert Edward Lee seemed destined for military greatness. Despite financial hardship that caused his father to depart to the West Indies, young Robert secured an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he graduated second in the class of 1829. Two years later, he married Mary Anna Randolph Custis, a descendant of George Washington's adopted son, John Parke Custis. Yet with all his military pedigree, Lee had not set foot on a battlefield. Instead, he served seventeen years as an officer in the Corps of Engineers, supervising and inspecting the construction of the nation's coastal defenses. Service during the 1846 war with Mexico, however, changed that. As a member of General Winfield Scott's staff, Lee distinguished himself, earning three brevets for gallantry, and emerging from the conflict with the rank of colonel. From 1852 to 1855, Lee served as sup Copyright ©tiedame.pages.dev 2025 | |