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Lee was Commandant at West Point prior to the Civil War. He resigned when he was offered the command of the Union Army, from President Lincoln, but took the command of the Confederate Army.
Lee grew up in Alexandria, Virginia in a series of relatives' houses. Lee attended Alexandria Academy, where he obtained a classical education along the lines of quadrivium. Lee was considered a top student and excelled at mathematics. His mother, a devout Christian, oversaw his religious instruction at Christ Episcopal Church in Alexandria. Robert went to College at the United States Military Academy (West Point) and graduated in 1829 2nd in his class.
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The Union commander who was forced to surrender Fort Sumter to the Confederates was Major Robert Anderson. As an aside, the Confederate general who headed the artillery barrage against Fort Sumter was PT Beauregard. Beauregard had once been a student and admirer of Major Anderson when Anderson taught at West Point. Anderson himself was a West point graduate and graduated in 1825. He was ranked fifteenth among the class of graduating cadets numbering 37. PT Beauregard graduated from West Point in 1838 and he was ranked second in his class of 45 cadets.
Lee was Commandant at West Point prior to the Civil War. He resigned when he was offered the command of the Union Army, from President Lincoln, but took the command of the Confederate Army.
Lee grew up in Alexandria, Virginia in a series of relatives' houses. Lee attended Alexandria Academy, where he obtained a classical education along the lines of quadrivium. Lee was considered a top student and excelled at mathematics. His mother, a devout Christian, oversaw his religious instruction at Christ Episcopal Church in Alexandria. Robert went to College at the United States Military Academy (West Point) and graduated in 1829 2nd in his class.
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