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Robert E. Lee

Introduction	Biblography	Video
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Introduction

Robert E. Lee was a general for the Confederate Army. He graduted from West Point as one of the best in his class. After he graduated he worked for the Corps of Engineers. He fought in many great battles. He became a well known general after the Mexican War. He was a great general and a great leader. He was born January 19, 1807.

Biblography
Soylent Communications. "Robert E. Lee." NNDB: Tracking the Entire World. Web. 29 Mar. 2011. <http://www.nndb.com/people/930/000049783/>.

Sifakis, Stewart. "Robert Edward Lee Biography." The American Civil War Home Page. Web. 29 Mar. 2011. <http://www.civilwarhome.com/leebio.htm>.

"Robert E. Lee Biography." The Civil War. Web. 29 Mar. 2011. <http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/About the General.htm>.

Coloumbus Encyclopedia. "Robert E. Lee." The American Civil War. Web. 29 Mar. 2011. <http://www.us-civilwar.com/lee.htm>.

Rebel Flag History. Web. 30 Mar. 2011. <http://arebelflag.net/>.

"Uniforms of the Civil War." Kidport Home Page. Web. 30 Mar. 2011. <http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/civilwar/uniforms.htm>.

Video
Click here for a video of Robert E. Lee farewell order to the army

Pictures


This is a picture of Robert E. Lee in his war uniform. This uniform was gray and he would also wear a gray frock coat.		This is a picture of the Confederate flag which Lee fought for. This was also called the "Southern Cross." Soldiers carried this flag while in battle. This is now known as the Rebel Flag.	This is a picture of the Confederate war uniform. This uniform had buttons so you could identify other Confederate soldiers.

Links

Interesting Facts

Robert E. Lee was born on January 19, 1807. He went to West Point and then graduated and became a second- liteuant of engineers. His father was a calavary officer in the Revolutionary War. So he already had some expectations to live up to. He started to live up to his expectations in June of 1862. He became the general of the Confederate Army in Northern Viriginia. One of his greatest victories was the Battle of Chancelorsville. After this battle he found out that one of his best commanders, Liteuant Stonewall Jackson had bee killed. Then he went to attack Gettysburg where he was defeated. He then did not enter any major battles until Ulysess S. Grant began to attack Petersburg. This was Lee's last major battle and he was defeated at Appomattox Courthouse.

Robert E. Lee's house is on top of a hill that looks over Arlington Cemetary. Mary Anne Randolph Custis lived in the house while Robert E. Lee was off at war. While he was off at war the Union Army started to bury their soldiers in her garden to embaress the family. The house is decorated to what they thought it looked like when the Lee family was living there.

Born January 19, 1807

Attended West Point and graduated one of the top in his class

Married Mary Anne Randolph Custis who was the great grandaughter of Martha Washington

On April 23, 1861 Lee took command of the Confederate Army

When he graduated from West Point he became the second - litueant of engineers

He became a General of the Confederate Army in June of 1862

Abraham Lincoln asked him to command the Union Army in 1861 but he refused the offer because of his respect for Viriginia

He commanded the army of Northern Viriginia during the Civil War

His greatest battles are: Seven Days Battle, Second Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Fredricksburg, and the Battle of Chancelorsville

He surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse April 9, 1865
When the war ended Lee became the President of Washington College
Robert E. Lee died October 12, 1870

Kyle Saffran 8th grade student, Louisville Ky. March 29 2011

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