Notes for Robert Edward LEE

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Notes for Robert Edward LEE

Robert E. Lee was American Soldier. He graduated from the Untied States Military Academy in 1829, saw service in the Mexican War and was breveted Colonel in 1847. In 1861 Robert E. Lee was offered command of the Union Army, but refused, and although opposed to slavery and secession, registered his United States commission when Virginia Seceded. He was made commander of the Virginia troops and in May 1862 replaced General J.E. Johnson in the command of the army of Northern Virginia. In the campaign that ensued, General Lee aided by "Stonewall" Jackson, made vigorous assault on Mc Clellen's army and forced it back from Richmond. In August, Lee defeated the Union Army in the Second Battle if Bull Run. and invaded Maryland; he withdrew after the drawn battle of Antietam. In December 1862, he inflicted a severe defeat on the Union Army at Fredericksburg. Another northern advance was halted in May, 1863, when Lee's brilliant strategy resulted in the Confederate victory of Chancellorsville. In June he invaded Pennsylvania, and though victorious in the first day at Gettysburg, (July 1, 1863), met with disastrous repulse two days later, and retreated. On the defensive through 1864, Lee parried every Northern thrust, but on April 2, 1865 he was dislodged from his entrenchments by superior forces, compelled to retreat from Petersburg, and eventually to surrender his army to General Grant on April 9, 1865. Lee was installed President of Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) October 2, 1865.

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