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Robert E. Lee - Research Paper

Robert E. Lee

Robert Edward Lee was born on January 19th, 1807 in Stratford, Virginia.
Robert's father was thrown in debtors jail many times for not paying on
time. He was introduced to war early in his life; his brother Sydney had
shown him a cannon ball and told him about the revolution. Mrs. Lee's
stepson was old enough to claim the mansion where they lived that his dead
mother had gave to him in his will. The Lee's left to live in Alexandria.
Lee was brought up in a Christian family.

When Lee was 18, he went to West Point. There were only 6,000 other men in
the entire army. Later that year, Lee said goodbye to his mother and took a
stagecoach from Virginia to New York. At the end of his first year ...

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Annie,
Agnes, Robert and last Mildred. When he was home, they all attended
episcopal Church where he was raised.

On May 13, 1846 the United States declared was on their southern neighbor.
When Lee was 39, he headed for Mexico. Lee's will said that he was worth
about $38,750 with few depts. He only had few slaves: Nancy and her
children. And they were to be freed "soon as it can be done to their
advantage and that of others. On Christmas, Lee wrote to his wife that he
hoped this woul.d be the last time he would be away from her. While they
were at war, even though is was hard, he attended church. He returned on
June 29, 1843. On September 1, 1852 he was appointed to superintenent of
the military acadamy where he had graduated. In 1853, a distressing message
reached Lee: Mrs. Curtis had died unexpectedly. The death made him do
something he had never thought of doing. He wanted to be confined to the
church. It was gunners at Charlestown Harbor who forced Robert E. Lee to
make ...

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Added: 12/27/2007 05:45:09 PM
Category: Biographies
Type: Free Paper
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