Southern General

By: Amber & Ciarra

Robert E. Lee

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 Contreras-Churubusco 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.

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