Lee accomplished many things in his life since his birth in 1807. Many of these accomplishments have had an impact on the world today. Lee was a respected man, even during the Civil war the president and the opposing side (Union) admired him. General Robert E. Lee was the greatest war general in the history of the United States. When Robert was young, he was very close to his father. Harry Lee had taught his son, Robert, how to shoot a rifle. He would often tell his son about the exciting events that happened when he was fighting side by side with George Washington. Although they had fun these times, his father took a turn for the worst. In 1818, young Lee's father died of old war injuries. He was left with his mother and four other brothers and sisters to take care of. As he grew older, he decided to follow in the footsteps of his father. With help from some of his relatives in the government, he got into the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The school was hard. A lot of studying, bad food and hard bed could really mess up a person's concentration, but at eighteen, his dreams of becoming an army engineer kept him going. Lee always strived to be the top student in his class, but never made it. At his senior year he was second best. He couldn't wait to graduate. When the day finally came, in 1829 he was one of the best in the class to graduate they dubbed him Second Lieutenantant the Corps of Engineers. His first assignment was to assist in the design and construction of a U.S. army fort in Georgia. After his mission in Georgia, he went back to his home state, Virginia. There he met a woman by the name of Mary Anne Custis. Eventually, after courting, they fell in love and got married. With training at West Point, he was able to build many things for his country. Dikes, bridges and roads were some of the many things he made. An excellent engineer, Robert E. Lee was promoted to First Lieutenant in 1836 then Captain in 1838.
Why Robert E. Lee Became the Symbol of the South During the 19th century, Robert E. Lee, through strategic brilliance and inspired leadership, turned the Confederate States of America from a defenseless military nation into a viable threat to the Union. Lee represented the South admirably with ...
I am doing a report on Robert E. Lee. In this report I will talk about what made his life so great, I will talk about his accomplishment and his failures, I will tell about his childhood and his manhood. Robert E. Lee was the confederates greatest general and one of the greatest generals of...
Robert Edward Lee was born on January 19, 1807, and died October 12, 1870. He was born on the Stratford Estate in Westmoreland County, Virginia to Henry "Light-Horse" Harry" Lee, a political leader and soldier, and Ann Hill Carter. His father had fought in the Revolutionary War. Robert E. Lee went t...
Robert E. Lee Early Years: Robert E. Lee was born on January 19, 1807. He was born in Stratford, Virginia. But after four years he moved from Stratford and moved to Alexandria, Virginia were he spent most of his youth. His father Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, a Revolutionary War hero, alo...
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Looking back into history, we will be able to find some comparisons and contrasts to the characteristics of the upper class today and in the days of General Robert E. Lee. What we will show is how the characteristic of today's upper class does not differ much from the characteristic of General Lee's upper class. ... Things have changed in the United States drastically since the days of Lee but the more things change the more they stay the same. ... The question of whether the modern day upper class has similar characteristics as those of General Lee has been the focus of this paper. ...
"Perspectives of the same event" People are very different and look at things very differently. Each perspective is reflected differently in each of these pieces of literature, even though they are all about the same event. The pieces of literature I chose are two ...
