Robert E. Lee

His absente father has Washington's cavalry commander, and delivered Washington's eulogy. His mother taught the need for always doing one's duty. Lee took on adult responsibilities from a very young age, and graduated from West Point without any demerits.

On January 23, 1861, when Lee wrote the letter to one of his sons, Virginia had not yet seceded and the matter of secession was still object of a deeply discussion among the Virginians and the opinions in their Convention were balancing and seemed far from making a final decision.

Therefore Lee sent that letter in order to state his thought about the question. He wrote (approximately): .....I cannot predict a greater calamity for the Country than a dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all the evils for which we complain ....... but a Union that could be maintained only with swords and bayonets, and when the brawl and the civil war should take the place of the fraternal love and kindness, would have no attraction for me..........

They feared and respected him. Also, they admired his ability to fight them so audaciuosly.

Ulysses S Grant was the Union general who accepted Robert E Lee's surrender.

The first major battle was The Wilderness, followed by a relentless string of costly battles for the Union. However, Grant never retreated or withdrew his troops to the safety of Washington for the rest of the war.

Marse Robert had a bad heart that was further damaged by the stress and hardships of 4 years of war. He placed the wellbeing of his men before his, didn't eat if they didn't, and rarely slept more than 4 hours a night. By comparing photos of 1859 and 1865, one would be shocked.

Lee defeated the union in many battles, much more so than he lost to them.

Victories include:

Seven Days

Fredricksburgh

Chancellorsville

Second Manassas

Cold Harbor

Most sources place him at around 5' 10" -5' 10-1/2"

Robert E. Lee was born on January 19, 1807 and died on October 12, 1870. Robert E. Lee would have been 63 years old at the time of death or 208 years old today.

General Lee had been a prominent and skilled officer since prior to the Mexican War, where he impressed everyone with skill and innovation. He was the South's most noted war figure. He showed tremendous respect and trust in his fellow officers and his quiet, unassuming manners gave people the sense that he was a true leader. He was loved and respected.

Robert E. Kendig has written:

'Sojourn at Stevenson College' -- subject(s): Fiction, College students, College teachers, Community and college

In the US Civil War, the Union (North) Army usually wore blue. The South wore Grey but often they didn't have official uniforms.

Win a battle on union soil.

Robert e lee was gone before ho died. he now haunts little kids that research him

Confederate General Robert E. Lee was married. There is a record of many of the letters he wrote to her. In one letter he wrote that he believed there was a chance that a truce or a peace might be negotiated between the North and the South.

Refuse Lee's last chance to prolong the war was to rush west and link up with General Johnston's Army of Tennessee. This was in line with the South's to negotiate the end the war. There was still anti-war sentiment in the North that the huge losses of lives was getting to point where some negotiation needed take place. Lee correctly calculated he would have to fight through a force three times as large to reach Lynchburg.. Thus the resulting surrender.

Some Rebels wanted undertake a guerrilla war against the North. Jefferson Davidson toyed with idea for a time. Lee would have none of it.

Appomattox Court House in Virginia.

it stands for Edward

It is his middle name, Edward

At the Battle of Gettysburg, Robert E. Lee won the first two battles and was feeling pretty invincible. He felt like he could do anything without being touched. So, on the third day of the battle, he charged his army up little round top and found his army slaughtered.

I hope this was the answer you were looking for!

But if you were talking about him as a General, then the only real thing he did wrong was the charge at the battle of Gettysburg.

The location that arked the beginning of the civil war was Gettysburg.

He was the leader of Confederate armies during the Civil War.

It was a gesture to heal the country's wounds, to show the southerners they had nothing fear from their former enemies.

Lee served with distinction in the Mexican War between 1846 and 1848, and in the Civil War from 1861 to 1865.

Martha Washington