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Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, toward the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army.
When Confederate Army general Robert E. Lee died five years after the Civil War ended, the cause of his death had doctors stumped. He had been in poor health, but his specific illness was...
Aug 31, 2024 · Robert Edward Lee. Born: January 19, 1807, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland county, Virginia, U.S. Died: October 12, 1870, Lexington, Virginia (aged 63) Awards And Honors: Hall of Fame (1900) Role In: Battle of Antietam.
- On both sides, Robert E. Lee’s family had produced many of the dominant figures in the ruling class of Virginia. His father, Col. Henry (“Light-Hor...
- Robert E. Lee’s father’s financial mismanagement left Lee, his mother, and his siblings in circumstances that rendered them less wealthy than the p...
- Robert E. Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia, the most successful of the Southern armies during the American Civil War, and ultimately com...
- Robert E. Lee spent several months recuperating from the Civil War and then, in 1865, became the president of Washington College (later Washington...
- Whether statues of Robert E. Lee or other controversial people should be taken down is widely debated. Some argue the statues misrepresent history...
Oct 12, 2020 · One hundred and fifty years ago today, on October 12, 1870, Robert E. Lee died at his home in Lexington, Virginia, from complications following a stroke suffered two weeks earlier. Torrential rains flooded local roads, preventing all but local mourners from attending his funeral on October 15.
Oct 29, 2009 · Robert E. Lee was a Confederate general who led the South’s failed attempt at secession from the United States during the Civil War.
Few figures in American history are more divisive, contradictory or elusive than Robert E. Lee, the reluctant, tragic leader of the Confederate Army, who died in his beloved Virginia at age 63...
Apr 8, 2014 · BACKGROUND: On the evening of September 28, 1870, Robert Edward Lee suffered a stroke. He died two weeks later at the age of 63 ending one of the most storied lives in American history, yet little has attended to his death and the nature of his stroke.
