Robert E. Lee

Robert Edward Lee
Lee in 1863
Born	Robert Edward Lee January 19, 1807 Stratford Hall Plantation Westmoreland County, Virginia United States
Died	October 12, 1870(1870-10-12) (aged 63) Lexington, Virginia
Resting place	Lee Chapel Washington and Lee University Lexington, Virginia
Occupation(s)	General, Confederate States of America
Spouse	Mary Custis
Children	7

Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was an American colonel in the United States Army. He became the General-in-chief of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.^[1] He led the Army of Northern Virginia in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. He started out as an engineer but then moved up the ranks. Before the Civil War, Lee was an officer in the Mexican-American War. He was also head of West Point. As a colonel in the United States Army he led a battalion of marines to put down the rebellion at Harpers Ferry Armory and captured their leader, John Brown.^[2]

1. ↑ "Robert E. Lee". American Studies. The University of Virginia. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
2. ↑ John C. Fredriksen, he United States Marine Corps: A Chronology, 1775 to the Present (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2011), p. 38