Robert E Lee by (Student) Izyan.S1

Robert E. Lee

izyan_s1 — 2020-01-31 20:00:49 UTC

Robert E Lee was the leading general of the Confederate states in the Civil war. So let’s start with some basic facts about him.First of all he was born on January 19,1807.He died on October 12,1870.He was born in Stratford Hall,Virginia.He died in Lexington,Virginia.There is a college renamed after him called Washington and Lee 
University.Some of his extended family members included a president,a Chief Justice of the United State ,and signers of the Declaration of Independence.At 18 he enrolled in West Point Military Academy.Where he got second in his graduating class after 4 years without a demerit and got perfect scores in artillery,infantry,and cavalry.After graduating he married the granddaughter of Martha Washington,George Washington’wife.In 1846, Lee got the chance he had been waiting for his whole military career when the United States went to war with Mexico.He served under General Winfield Scott. General Winfield said after the war the government should consider taking out a life insurance policy on the commander.Some time after that Abraham Lincoln offered Robert E. Lee the spot of general in the Union army,but Lee declined saying he was too dedicated to Virginia to lead an army against it.When the Confederacy asked him to be general.Robert E. Lee replied yes.The first battle he fought in he took control of the army of Northern Virginia and drove back the Union army in the Seven Days Battle near Richmond.The battle of Antietam and Gettysburg gave the Union a new hope.When he was forced to abandon Richmond.He surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia.He died from a massive stroke.In 2017 the government in Virginia decided to rip down a statue of him  there was a revolt and one person died.😱
My source is https://www.biography.com/military-figure/robert-e-lee.

Appomattox Court house

izyan_s1 — 2020-02-03 17:23:19 UTC

This is where the surrender was signed by General Robert E Lee.He surrendered in a place called Appomattox Court House.

Place of death

izyan_s1 — 2020-02-04 17:07:38 UTC

He died in Lexington,Virginia at age 63.Lexington is also where Stonewall Jackson was buried.Finally Robert E Lee’s horse Traveller was also buried there.

Robert E. Lee day

izyan_s1 — 2020-02-04 17:28:44 UTC

Robert E. Lee Day is a holiday celebrated on the third Monday of January.In 2020 it was celebrated on Sunday January 19.

Robert E. Lee's family

izyan_s1 — 2020-02-05 19:13:35 UTC

He married the grandaughter of Martha Washington.They had 7 children.He had 3 sons(Custis,Rooney,and Rob).They had 4 daughters (Mary, Annie, Agnes and Mildred).

His Quotes

izyan_s1 — 2020-02-06 17:21:06 UTC

Robert E Lee had many famous quotes but maybe the most famous of them all was “I suppose there is nothing for me to do but go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths.” He said this quote when he was about to go and surrender to Ulysses S. Grant.Another popular quote is “The education of a man is never completed until he dies.”Lastly this is another famous quote that he said “Whiskey: I like it, I always did, and that is the reason I never use it.”Which I think he means that if he used it he’d never stop drinking it.

His Life after the War

izyan_s1 — 2020-02-06 17:34:25 UTC

After the war he wasn’t hanged for being a traitor by a forgiving Grant and Lincoln. He eventually excepted a job as the president of Washington College in western Virginia.He devoted his efforts toward boosting the institution's enrollment and financial support.He died in his home in October,1870 from a massive stroke