General Robert Edward Lee

1807 - 1870  (63 years)

• Name	Robert Edward Lee
  Title	General
  Born	19 Jan 1807	WestMoreland County, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Oct 1870	Lexington, Virginia
  Buried	Lee Chapel Museum Lexington, Virginia   [1]
  Person ID	I19156	My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Henry Giles Lee
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	Henry 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee, III,   b. 29 Jan 1756, Dumfries, Prince William Co., Virginia Colony ,   d. 25 Mar 1818, Dungeness, Camden County, Georgia  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Ann Hill Carter,   b. 26 Mar 1773, Shirley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia Colony ,   d. 26 Jun 1829, Ravensworth, Fairfax County, Virginia  (Age 56 years)
  Married	Jun 1793
  Family ID	F6598	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Anna Randolph Custis,   b. 1 Oct 1808, Arlington, Virginia ,   d. 5 Nov 1873, Lexington, Virginia  (Age 65 years)
  Married	30 Jun 1831
  Children	1. George Washington Custis Lee,   b. 16 Sep 1832, Fort Monroe, Virginia ,   d. 18 Feb 1913, Annandale, Virginia  (Age 80 years)   2. Mary Custis Lee,   b. 12 Jul 1835, Arlington, Virginia ,   d. 22 Nov 1918, Hot Springs, Virginia  (Age 83 years)   3. General 'Rooney' William Henry Fitzhugh Lee,   b. 31 May 1837, Arlington, Virginia ,   d. 15 Oct 1891, Ravensworth, Fairfax County, Virginia  (Age 54 years)   4. Anne Carter "Annie" Lee,   b. 18 Jun 1839, Arlington, Virginia ,   d. 20 Oct 1862, Warrenton, North Carolina  (Age 23 years)   5. Eleanor Agnes Lee,   b. 27 Feb 1841, Arlington, Virginia ,   d. 15 Oct 1873, Lexington, Virginia  (Age 32 years) + 6. Robert Edward Lee, Jr.,   b. 27 Oct 1843, Arlington, Virginia ,   d. 19 Oct 1914, Upperville, Virginia  (Age 70 years)   7. 'Precious Life' Mildred Childe Lee,   b. 10 Feb 1845, Arlington, Virginia ,   d. 27 Mar 1905, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 60 years)
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2021
  Family ID	F7115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		General Robert E Lee LeeRobertE.jpg
  		Aliyah in front of Robert E. Lee's boyhood home in Alexandria, Virginia boyhoodhome.jpg
  		Gen. Robert E. Lee pI19156 RELee.jpg
  		Robert E. Lee pRobertELee&horse.jpg

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Mary Custis Lee-Obit Staunton Spectator Nov 11, 1873
  		General Robert E Lee-Obit Staunton Spectator Oct 18, 1870
  		Anne Carter Lee-Death Notice Fayetteville Semi Weekly Observer Oct 30, 1862
  		General Robert E Lee-Funeral Services The Baltimore Sun Oct 15, 1870
  		George Washington Custis Lee-Obit Evening Star Feb 18, 1913
  		George Washington Custis Lee-Obit The Baltimore Sun Feb 19, 1913
  		Mary Custis Lee-Obit Evening Star Nov 18, 1918
  		Robert E Lee, Jr.-Obit The Times Dispatch Oct 21, 1914
  		General William Henry Fitzhugh Lee-Obit The Roanoke Times Oct 16, 1891
  		Eleanor Agnes Lee-Death Notice Staunton Spectator and Vindicator Oct 21, 1873
  		Eleanor Agnes Lee-Funeral Services The Times Picayune Oct 28, 1873
  		Mildred Childe Lee-Obit The Times Dispatch Mar 28, 1905
  		Newspaper Article Lee History-Daily Press-Jan 19,1928 LeeHistory-DailyPress-Jan19,1928.jpg

  
  

  Headstones » Slide Show		General Robert E Lee LeeRobertETomb.jpg
  		General Robert E Lee LeeRobertETomb2.jpg
  		Statue of Robert E. Lee in Berryville VA 19156RobertELeeinBerryvilleVA.jpg

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		General Robert E Lee-Bio Staunton Spectator Oct 25, 1870
  		General Robert E Lee-1861 Resignation from US Army Clarksville Chronicle Oct 29, 1870
  		Stratford, Family Home of the Lees The Baltimore Sun Dec 14, 1930
  		Ann Carter Lee-Premature Death Nailed As A Myth The Greenville News Nov 8, 1927
  		General Robert E Lee-Bio The Star Press Jul 29, 1928
  		General Robert E Lee-Day Before Surrender Star Gazette Apr 8, 1915
  		General Robert E Lee-Surrenders at Appomattox Star Gazette Apr 9, 1915
  		General Robert E Lee-Biography The Troy (ALA) Messenger Dec 8, 1887
  		General Robert E Lee-Biography Con't The Troy(ALA) Messenger Dec 8, 1887
  		Lee Family History Daily Press Jan 19, 1928

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=615. [S100] Internet Source. 158 YEARS AGO - Gettysburg Campaign Lee and Longstreet bivouac outside Berryville, Virginia - June 18-19, 1863 Part of the Army of Northern Virginia marched north toward Winchester, while Lt. Gen. James Longstreet?s corps camped here with Lee. On June 13, a Union force under Col. Andrew T. McReynolds had evacuated Berryville and marched to Winchester to join Maj. Gen. Richard S. Milroy?s division there. Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell?s corps attacked and defeated Milroy in the Second Battle of Winchester on June 13-15, thereby clearing the northern Shenandoah Valley in Virginia of Federal forces. [S89] Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/Historyofthesouth.pd814/photos/a.1404511263118649/3063369510566141/. Southern Historical Society Poster based in the United Kingdom · 2d · "I have met with many of the great men of my time, but Lee alone impressed me with the feeling that I was in the presence of a man who was cast in a grander mold, and made of metal different and finer, than that of other men. I believe that all will admit that Lee towers far above all men on either side of that struggle. I believe Lee will be regarded as not only the most prominent figure of the Confederacy, but as the greatest American of the 19th century whose statue is well worthy to stand upon an equal pedestal with that of Washington, and whose memory is equally worthy to be enshrined in the hearts of his countrymen." ?Lord Garnet Wolseley (Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of Great Britain) [S257] Bassett Historical Center , Joan Frith on Facebook. Robert E Lee was married to George Washington's granddaughter. He worked with Grant during the Mexican-American war and became a decorated war hero defending this country. He believed slavery was a great evil and his wife broke the law by teaching slaves to read and write. After the civil war, he worked with Andrew Johnson's program of reconstruction. He became very popular with the northern states and the Barracks at West Point were named in his honor in 1962. He was a great man who served this country his entire life in some form or other. His memorial is now being called a blight. No American military veteran should be treated as such. People keep yelling, "You can't change history." Sadly you can. This is no better than book burnings. ISIS tried rewriting history by destroying historical artifacts. Is that really who we want to emulate? As they tear down this "blight," keep these few historical facts in your mind. No military veteran and highly decorated war hero should ever be treated as such. This is not Iraq and that is not a statue of Sadam. IN ADDITION: Lee was also very torn about the prospect of the South leaving the Union. His wife's grandfather, George Washington, was a huge influence on him. He believed that ultimately, states' rights trumped the federal government and chose to lead the Southern army. His estate, Arlington, near Washington DC, was his home and while away fighting the war, the federal government demanded that Lee himself pay his taxes in person. He sent his wife but the money was not accepted from a woman. When he could not pay the taxes, the government began burying dead Union soldiers on his land. The government is still burying people there today. It is now called Arlington National Cemetery . DO THEY WANT TO TEAR THAT UP ALSO?? [S89] Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=4294689593980846&set=a.347883275328184. As our state officials continue to show their ignorance of history: From my friend Teresa Roane, a tireless researcher and historian. Thank you. I watched and listened to the arrogance of ignorance about the Lee memorial today. It made me so sad. "Those People" have no clue about who Robert E. Lee was. They do not know that when he graduated from West Point, Lee is the only cadet to complete the Academy with no demerits, a record which still stands to this day. They don't know that he was a brilliant Engineer and that he changed the course of the Mississippi River to save St. Louis. They don't know that he was Superintendent of West Point. They don't know that Lee was asked to be in charge of the U.S. Army between March and April of 1861. They don't know that he signed a document on December 29, 1862 that freed the slaves at Arlington, Romancoke and White House plantations. It had force of law unlike the Emancipation Proclamation which freed not one slave. They don't know that his army was ethnically diverse. They don't know that he told his soldiers to go home and be good citizens after the war. They don't know that he saved a small college in Lexington, Virginia when he accepted the position as President. They don't know that Lee was admired by People from the North and South. They don't know that President Gerald Ford signed the document that gave Lee back his citizenship. They don't know that the reason why only the name Lee appears on the memorial was because everyone knew him. They don't know that People of Color actually attended the unveiling of the memorial. For decades historians have lied and said that only White people were in attendance. They don't know that military schools around the world studied Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.