Robert E. Lee was born January 19,1807 at his family plantation in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was descended from an old and honored family that had played a distinguished role in Virginia's history. He was the fourth son of his father, Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, who was a cavalry officer during the American Revolution and a very close friend of George Washington. In most of his early years, his mother mainly raised him. She taught him patience, control, and discipline from her. By the time he was thirteen, he was at the Alexandria Academy. There he studied Latin, Greek and Mathematics.

Due to a lack of funds, Lee got into the military academy known as West Point in New York. Because of his father, Lee got in with the help of five senators, three congressmen, and even some help came from meeting the future President, Andrew Jackson. After man

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On March 24 of 1847, Robert E. Lee faced the Mexicans at Veracruz, and on the 29th, he won the battle. Lee was then promoted to a colonel in the U. S. Army for his tactics and bravery. During the Mexican War, Lee worked with many of those who he would later serve with and against in the civil war, such as James Longstreet, Thomas J. Jackson, George Pickett, and U.S. Grant. After the Mexican War, Lee returned to service as an Army Engineer and spent most of his time in Washington D.C.

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In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee launched an invasion on the North. He attacked the Union Army at Gettysburg and fought many grueling battles such as the Battle of Little Round Top and Devil's Den. But, none of them were as gruesome as Pickett's Charge. The Entire Confederate Army walked across more than a mile of open land only to be mowed down by Union Musket and Cannon fire. Almost every Rebel soldier out there was either killed or wounded. Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North had been mortally wounded and left for dead. General Lee had been defeated. His troops retreated to Virginia where he fought a losing war for almost two more years. The Union armies where much larger and had many more supplies. In the spring of 1864, Robert E. Lee faced Ulysses S. Grant. Grant pounded the Confederate Army in a series of bloody battles. In February of 1865, Robert E. Lee was made General in chief of all the Confederate Army. Lee did not enjoy this very long because in Apr!

il, Richmond fell. Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Grant on April 9, 1865. But, with his great respect for Lee, Grant would not accept Robert E. Lee's sword. All Union soldiers respected Lee for his courage and skill.

It was his duty, so he thought, to guide the youth of the south in the postwar years. He was highly respected in his lifetime for many things, and because of this, he became a legend in American history that will live on forever.

Robert E. Lee was the hero of the South. With dignity, and without bitterness, he accepted defeat and preached to his people the necessity of peace and National Unity. Offered many jobs, he accepte

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