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Robert Edward Lee, born January 19 1807, died October 12 1870 served as general of the Confederate? forces during the American Civil War. |
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Robert Edward Lee, born January 19 1807, died October 12 1870 served as general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. |
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Robert E. Lee was born on January 19, 1807 at Stratford?, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was the son of the [Revolutionary War]? hero [Henry Lee]? ("Lighthorse Harry"). |
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Robert E. Lee was born on January 19, 1807 at Stratford, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was the son of the Revolutionary War hero [Henry Lee]? ("Lighthorse Harry"). |
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On April 18, 1861, on the eve of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, through Secretary Francis Blair, offered him command of the Union Army. There was little doubt as to Lee's sentiments. He was opposed to secession and considered slavery evil. He had freed his own inherited slaves long before the war began. However his loyalty to his native Virginia led him to join the Confederacy. At the outbreak of war he became military adviser to Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, whom he knew from West Point. |
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On April 18, 1861, on the eve of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, through Secretary Francis Blair, offered him command of the Union Army. There was little doubt as to Lee's sentiments. He was opposed to secession and considered slavery evil. He had freed his own inherited slaves long before the war began. However his loyalty to his native Virginia led him to join the Confederacy. At the outbreak of war he became military adviser to Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, whom he knew from West Point. |
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victories at Fredericksburg? and Chancellorsville?, both in Virginia, and in 1864 at [Cold Harbor]?, Virginia, but was besieged in Petersburg?, Virginia, June 1864-April 1865. He surrendered to [General Grant]? on April 9, 1865, at [Appomattox Courthouse]?. |
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victories at Fredericksburg? and Chancellorsville?, both in Virginia, and in 1864 at [Cold Harbor]?, Virginia, but was besieged in Petersburg?, Virginia, June 1864-April 1865. He surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Courthouse. |
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His home had been seized by Union forces and now is part of [Arlington National Cemetery]?. |
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His wife's family home where they lived before the Civil War had been seized by Union forces and now is part of [Arlington National Cemetery]?. |
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