Robert Edward Lee

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experance of commanding troops.

After the Mexican war Lee was assigned to Baltimore in 1848, he was to
supervise the construction of Fort Carrol for nearly four years.

In 1852 the United States military academy at West Point became Lees
home when he was appointed superintendent. During his three year stint he
raised acidemic standards, lengthened the program from four to five years, and
improved facilities.

In 1859 in Arlington, Texas Lee was given command of Federal forces
which were there to make sure Mexicans did not invade Texas. Then Lee was sent
to capture the abolitionist, John Brown at Harpers Ferry.

Then when war seemed impossible to avoid, President Abraham Lincion
summond Lee and asked him to lead the Union army, but Lee declined. On April 23
he became commander and chief of the military forces in Virgnia, just three days
after he resigned from the U.S. Army.

In February 1865 Lee was made commander and chief of all confederate
forces. His great ...

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