Robert E. Lee at age 31, then a young Lieutenant of Engineers, U. S. Army, 1838. PD. Robert Edward Lee is the fourth child born to Colonel Harry and Ann Lee, prominent members of the Virginia ...

the confederate forces were renamed the Army of Northern Virginia when Robert E. Lee assumed command on June 1, 1862, in a battle to defend the city of Richmond from Union forces. Before taking ...

Robert E. Lee's birthday is ... rose around Southern secession. Lee declined, saying he could not fight against his home state, and he resigned from the U.S. Army. Instead, Lee commanded the ...

“Robert E. Lee Day has a nice ring to it,” an anonymous, self-proclaimed ‘Trump goon’ replied. Lee commanded the Confederate States Army during the Civil War, fighting to maintain ...