Robert E. Lee (1807-1870)

Robert E. Lee is One of the Southern Generals whom are now loved by both North and South.

Born January 18 1807 in Stratford Virginia
Graduated from West Point 2nd in his class in 1829
Wounded in the Mexican War in 1847, at Chapultepec
Was Superintendent of West Point when he was promoted to Colonel of Calvary
Was Commander of the Department of Texas
Called to Washington by Lincoln in early 1861 and asked to command Union Forces
April 20, 1861, Lee resigned from the Union Army and left for Richmond
April 23 he was givin Command of all Naval and Army forces in Virginia
February 1865, Lee was made Commander of all Confederate Armies
April 1865, Lee surrendered to Gen Grant at Appomattox Court House
Lee became President of Washington College after the war (now Washington and Lee)
Applied for amnesty, but never recieved it
Died on October 12, 1870
Was givin his Citizenship by an act of Congress in 1975

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