Transcript James and Daniels Robert E. Lee Fabulous Presentation

Intro To General Lee
• On January 19, 1807, at
"Stratford" in
Westmoreland County,
Virginia, Robert Edward
Lee was born.
• He was the fifth child of
Henry "Light-Horse
Harry" Lee and Ann
Hill (Carter) Lee.
• With his fathers famous
reputation with the
Calvary Robert had
great expectations to be
a big military figure
Robert Edward Lee’s childhood
• He was raised in the
area where George
Washington was still a
living memory.
• His father died at
Cumberland Island,
Georgia, March 25,
1818.
• He was educated in
Alexandria, Virginia,
schools, were he was
at the top of his class.
Early Adulthood
– he obtained
appointment to West
Point in 1825.
– While at West Point he
was training with
Ulysses S. Grant.
– He graduated second
in his class and is the
only person who didn’t
receive a single
demerit
After Graduation from the Point
• He was commission as
a second a brevet 2nd
Lieutenant of
Engineers
• On June 30, 1831, he
married Mary Ann
Randolph Custis. They
had seven children.
• He was put in charge
of his first battalion
during the Mexican
war
After Graduation from the Point
cont...
• He was highly recognized during this American
Mexican was and was promoted to Colonel due to his
gallantry and distinguished conduct in performing vital
scouting missions.
• In 1852, he became Superintendent of the Military
Academy. In 1855, Secretary of War Jefferson Davis,
transferred Lee from staff to the line and was
commissioned Lieutenant Colonel 2nd Cavalry.
• He was transferred to West Texas were he served from
1857-1861
After Graduation from the Point
cont....
• In February of 1861, General Winfield Scott recalled
Lee from Texas when the lower South seceded from the
Union.
• Politically, Robert E. Lee was a Whig. Ironically, he
was attached strongly to the Union and to the
Constitution.
THE CHAINGING DATE
• In 1861, Colonel Robert Edward Lee
received a transcript from President
Abraham Lincoln. In this message it ask
Lee to be the Commander of the Union
Forces.
• The very day before that Virginia succeeded
from the Union
LEE’S INVOLEMENT WITH
C.S.A.
LEE’S INVOLEMENT WITH
C.S.A. cont...
• On June 1, 1862 Robert Edward Lee assumed
command of the Army of Northern Virginia in the
Confederate capital of Richmond.
• The Union forces could not predict him.
• Lee March all around the South and won battles,
shocking the union.
• Not until February 1865 was he named Commander in
Chief of all Confederate forces
LEE’S INVOLEMENT WITH
C.S.A. cont...
• One evening in 1865 he had an idea about marching
north and defeating the union in their own territory
and then take over Washington D.C.
• They started the march in march 1865
• The Union and the South met in Gettysburg, Pa.
• This will be the deciding factor of the turning out of the
war.
LEE’S INVOLEMENT WITH
C.S.A. cont... THE BATTLE OF
GETTYSBURG
• With the three-day battle with fathers against sons, and
brothers against brothers, this was a blood bath.
• It was a very hard fight.
• The south lost the battle and soon afterwards lost the
war.
LEE’S INVOLEMENT WITH
C.S.A. cont...
• On April 9th, 1865
Commander and Chief
General Robert Edward
Lee Surrendered to
General Grant at
Appomattox
Courthouse.
• He gave the Farewell
Address to the Army of
Northern Virginia on
April 10th, 1865
Post Civil War
• On June 13, 1865 he was pardon by President Lincoln.
• On August 4th, 1865 he was elected president of
Washington College, now known as Washington Lee
University.
• In February of 1867 General Lee declined to be the
candidate of the governorship of Virginia.
• In the spring of 1870 he was experiencing health
problems and went to Georgia to recoup from the
health problems.
• On October 12, 1870 he died in Lexington Virginia.
Recap on General Robert Edward
Lee
• He was a great and internal pride man.
• Graduated from West Point, second in the
class without a single demerit.
• He was a great officer for the Union Army.
• He was an asset to the confederate army.
• He is sometimes called the “Father of the
South”
For More information on
General Robert Edward Lee
• http://www.american civilwar.com/south/lee.html
• http://members.tripod.com/~jrw6/lee.htm
• http://www.stratfordhall.org/rel.htm
• http://www.civilwarhome.com/leebio.htm