Intro To General Lee• On January 19, 1807, at

"Stratford" in Westmoreland County, Virginia, Robert Edward Lee was born.

• He was the fifth child of Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee and Ann Hill (Carter) Lee.

• With his fathers famous reputation with the Calvary Robert had great expectations to be a big military figure

Robert Edward Lee’s childhood• He was raised in the

area where George Washington was still a living memory.

• His father died at Cumberland Island, Georgia, March 25, 1818.

• He was educated in Alexandria, Virginia, schools, were he was at the top of his class.

Early Adulthood– he obtained

appointment to West Point in 1825.

– While at West Point he was training with Ulysses S. Grant.

– He graduated second in his class and is the only person who didn’t receive a single demerit

After Graduation from the Point• He was commission as

a second a brevet 2nd Lieutenant of Engineers

• On June 30, 1831, he married Mary Ann Randolph Custis. They had seven children.

• He was put in charge of his first battalion during the Mexican war

After Graduation from the Point cont...

• He was highly recognized during this American Mexican was and was promoted to Colonel due to his

gallantry and distinguished conduct in performing vital

scouting missions. • In 1852, he became Superintendent of the Military

Academy. In 1855, Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, transferred Lee from staff to the line and was

commissioned Lieutenant Colonel 2nd Cavalry.

• He was transferred to West Texas were he served from 1857-1861

After Graduation from the Point cont....

• In February of 1861, General Winfield Scott recalled Lee from Texas when the lower South seceded from the

Union.

• Politically, Robert E. Lee was a Whig. Ironically, he was attached strongly to the Union and to the

Constitution.

THE CHAINGING DATE

• In 1861, Colonel Robert Edward Lee received a transcript from President

Abraham Lincoln. In this message it ask Lee to be the Commander of the Union

Forces.

• The very day before that Virginia succeeded from the Union

LEE’S INVOLEMENT WITH C.S.A.

LEE’S INVOLEMENT WITH C.S.A. cont...

• On June 1, 1862 Robert Edward Lee assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia in the

Confederate capital of Richmond.

• The Union forces could not predict him.

• Lee March all around the South and won battles,

shocking the union.

• Not until February 1865 was he named Commander in Chief of all Confederate forces

LEE’S INVOLEMENT WITH C.S.A. cont...

• One evening in 1865 he had an idea about marching north and defeating the union in their own territory and

then take over Washington D.C.

• They started the march in march 1865

• The Union and the South met in Gettysburg, Pa.

• This will be the deciding factor of the turning out of the war.

LEE’S INVOLEMENT WITH C.S.A. cont... THE BATTLE OF

GETTYSBURG

• With the three-day battle with fathers against sons, and brothers against brothers, this was a blood bath.

• It was a very hard fight.

• The south lost the battle and soon afterwards lost the war.

LEE’S INVOLEMENT WITH C.S.A. cont...

• On April 9th, 1865 Commander and Chief

General Robert Edward Lee Surrendered to General Grant at

Appomattox Courthouse.

• He gave the Farewell Address to the Army of Northern Virginia on

April 10th, 1865

Post Civil War

• On June 13, 1865 he was pardon by President Lincoln.

• On August 4th, 1865 he was elected president of Washington College, now known as Washington Lee

University.

• In February of 1867 General Lee declined to be the candidate of the governorship of Virginia.

• In the spring of 1870 he was experiencing health problems and went to Georgia to recoup from the

health problems.

• On October 12, 1870 he died in Lexington Virginia.

Recap on General Robert Edward Lee

• He was a great and internal pride man.

• Graduated from West Point, second in the class without a single demerit.

• He was a great officer for the Union Army.

• He was an asset to the confederate army.

• He is sometimes called the “Father of the South”

For More information onGeneral Robert Edward Lee

• http://www.american civilwar.com/south/lee.html

• http://members.tripod.com/~jrw6/lee.htm

• http://www.stratfordhall.org/rel.htm

• http://www.civilwarhome.com/leebio.htm