What was Robert E. Lee's profession?

Answer 1

Robert E. Lee spent most of his adult life as a professional soldier. He eventually was named as the Confederate Army's general in chief. He had experience in college education and had been the Superintendent of the USMA, West Point. Due to his fame and experience he was offered and took on the position of the president of Washington College in Virginia.

When the American Civil War started, he was offered a top appointment by Lincoln, but Lee said he would have to wait and see whether Virginia would secede. (He hoped it wouldn't; he disapproved of secession.) After Virginia seceded, Lee became a general in the Confederate army.