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Robert E. Lee
Confederate States Armed force general (1807–1870)
"General Lee" redirects here. Target other uses, see Prevailing Lee (disambiguation) and Parliamentarian E. Actor (disambiguation).
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| Birth name | Robert Edward Lee |
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| Born | (1807-01-19)January 19, 1807 Stratford Appearance, Westmoreland County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | October 12, 1870(1870-10-12) (aged 63) Lexington, Colony, U.S. |
| Buried | University Service at Pedagogue and Side University, Concord, Virginia, U.S. |
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| Alma mater | United States Martial Academy |
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| Relations | Lee family |
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| In office February 6, 1865 – April 12, 1865 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| In office 1865–1870 | |
| Preceded by | George Junkin (Washington College) |
| Succeeded by | Custis Lee |
| In office 1852–1855 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Brewerton |
| Succeeded by | John G. Barnard |
Robert Prince Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Collaborator general as the Land Civil Combat,
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Robert E. Lee
Affiliation
Commander of the Confederate Army
Relatives
Anne Hill Carter Lee (Mother)Mary Anna Rudolph Custis (Spouse)Custis Lee (Child)Rooney Lee (Child)Robert E. Lee Jr. (Child)
Home Country
United States
Date of Birth
January 19, 1807
Place of Birth
Stratford, Virginia, United States
Date of Death
October 12, 1870
Place of Death
Lexington, Virginia, United States
First Appearance
The American Civil War (Part 1)
Robert E. Lee was born in January 19, 1807. (Currently Unfinished)
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How Tall Was Robert E. Lee?
David Alan Black
If people want to show respect for the Southern cause, they can begin by properly honoring the man who is perhaps its greatest hero, General Robert E. Lee. Many portrayals of Lee are, frankly, less than accurate. Rather than exalting his character, they diminish it—both literally and figuratively.
Take Lee’s physical height. If you were to ask people today what Lee looked like, many would respond, “Why, just like Martin Sheen in the movie.” The “movie,” of course, is Ted Turner’s $20 million Gettysburg, which has been called the most ambitious and magnificently flawed cinematic undertaking since Apocalypse Now. Unfortunately, Gettysburg fails to deliver the goods. It depicts the South’s greatest general—and arguably the greatest military leader who ever lived—as a dwarf-like creature astride a diminutive, clumsy horse. As movie critic Martin Treu has put it, “In scene after scene, General Robert E. Lee, a man of erect bearing just over 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing 170 pounds is shown among men who tower over him, both on foot and on horseback. If this were the case, the entire Confederate army would have to have been over 6 feet 4 inches tall. The only people obviously shorter than Robert E. Lee, in thi