Transcript Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee
Southern General
By: Amber & Ciarra
What you will learn
You will learn about the southern general,
Robert E. Lee and all his
accomplishments, as well as his family
and other important things in and about his
life.
General Information
• Born in January 19, 1807 at “Stratford” in
Westmoreland County, VA
• 5th child
• Grew up where Washington was still a
living memory
• Had many ties to Revolutionary War
heroes
General Info. Cont’d
• 1829- Robert graduated 2nd in his class
w/o single demerit against his name
• June 30, 1831 he married Mary Ann
Randolph Custis
• 7 children, all 3 sons served in
Confederate army
His Health
• He suffered from heart disease
• This may have had something to do with
the massive stroke he had on September
28, 1870
A leader in Progress…
• 1836- Became 1st lieutenant
• 1838- Became captain; took part in the
Mexican War
• Won distinction for bravery and conduct
• Received the brevets of major for Cerro
Gordo, lieut.-colonel for ContrerasChurubusco and colonel for Chapultepec
Time Line
• 1852- Appointed superintendent of West
Point; during his 3 years there he carried
out many important changes in the
academy.
• 1855- appointed as lieut.-colonel to the 2nd
cavalry
Time Line con’t
• 1859- suppressed the raid by John Brown
on Harpers Ferry
• 1861- Sent to set up Atlantic Defenses
• 1862- Appointed advisor to Jeff Davis
• May 1862- Commander of the army of
North VA
• Sept. 1862- Defeated the Union at
Antietam
Time Line con’t
• Dec. 1862- Defeated the Union at
Fredericksburg
• May 1863- Won at Chancellorsville
• July 1863- Defeated at Gettysburg
• April 9th 1865- Surrendered at Appomattox
Court House
• Oct. 12, 1870- Died;
*died of heart disease
Opinion on Slavery
• Thought that blacks
were better off here
than in Africa
• Painful discipline is
necessary for their
further instruction as
a race and will
hopefully prepare
them for better things
After The War
• After the war he was employed as an
engineer worker in Washington and
Baltimore.
• He became a president at a Washington
College in Lexington, VA
Conclusion…
Robert E. Lee was an important general that led
the south thru good and bad times. Robert was
a great leader and without him the south would
have surely lost the war (anyway). With his help,
the south had a chance.
Sources
www.ask.com/bar?q=general+Robert+E+Lee&page=1&qsrc=0&ab=1u
www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/About%20the%General.htm
http://www.library.thinkquest.org/3055/netscape/people/lee.html
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