Lee, Robert E.
(b. January 19, 1807; d. October 12, 1870) Leading Confederate General during the Civil War.
Robert E. Lee was the most notable Confederate commander of the Civil War, and a figure of...
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Robert E. Lee
Born January 19, 1807
Westmoreland County, Virginia
Died October 13, 1870
Lexington, Virginia
Confederate general
As commander of the Army of Northern Virginia,
became the Confederacy...
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General in chief of the Confederate armies in the American Civil War, Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) displayed strategic sense and tactical skill that rank him among the great military captains of hist...
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Can you believe that the war with the most casualties in American history occurred on our soil against our own people? It was so bad that people were fighting against their own relatives. Sectionalism...
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Throughout his distinguished career, Robert Edward Lee traveled to many places and was admired everywhere he went. From the state of New York down the eastern coast of the United States to Florida an...
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Robert Edward Lee
Introduction
Hello. My name is Robert Edward Lee. I was born in Stratford, Virginia on January 19, 1807. Continuing in the military tradition of my father, I entered West Point and...
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General Robert E. Lee played an important role in the outcome of the war. Robert E. Lee was the heart and soul of the Confederate army. He was a part of almost all of the major battles of the civil w...
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Robert E. Lee, one of the greatest war generals of all time. His war strategies are still held in high regard today as being genius. The Life of Robert E. Lee is one a man who always had success unti...
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"He was foe without hate; a friend without treachery; a Christian without hypocrisy; a Caesar without ambition; Napoleon without his selfishness; grand in battle as Achilles; and a neighbor without ...
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History buffs still captivated by Gen. Robert E. Lee planned lectures, a banquet and artillery salutes to mark the 200th anniversary of the Confederate strategist's birth.Events were scheduled thro...
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Many people panic in times of great stress. Gen. Robert E. Lee, however, didn't waste his time getting upset. In 1862, the Army of Northern Virginia -- under Lee's command -- waited for one of his ...
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A haunting portrait of a slave girl painted by the wife of Gen. Robert E. Lee at her family's Virginia plantation in 1830 is being sold to Colonial Williamsburg for its museum collection, a New Yor...
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History buffs still captivated by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee nearly 150 years after the Civil War planned lectures, a banquet and artillery salutes to mark the 200th anniversary of his birth.Ev...
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Slain al-Qaida in Iraq chief Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was a "diabolically brilliant" war tactician, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said, likening the terror commander to Civil War generals Robert ...
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big winner, raising a hefty $2 million a month each month from January through March. In a distant second place: Rick Santorum, whose war chest now holds $10 million, thanks to large GOP cash infu...
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The city's slavery memorial debuted beneath flags from Virginia and Africa in a tearful ceremony Friday, another step in the state's recent effort in acknowledging history to soothe slavery's hurt....
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Question 1 of 10:The war began when the pro-slavery Southern states broke away from the rest of the
USA
. This act was referred to as...?The JunctureThe Confederate Break
The Secession
The Dixie D...
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