How did fort lee NJ get its name?

Answer 1

Its named for General Charles Lee, of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War. Across the Hudson River on northern Manhattan was Fort Washington, atop a hill that today is Washington Heights. When the British captured New York City in 1776 and drove Washington and his army away, Fort Washington and its defenders were captured, and Fort Lee was evacuated as Washington retreated south through New Jersey in the autumn of that year.

Charles Lee was one of the few trained military men available in the colonies when the Revolution began. He had been an officer in the British Army for many years before emigrating to America. Many, including Lee himself, believed Lee should be in command of the American Continental Army instead of Washington. But Lee was a very strange man, with few friends, extremely profane, followed everywhere by his pack of dogs, whose company he preferred to that of people. He was unable to get along well with others. The Indians called him "Boiling Water".