Robert Edward Lee

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Robert Edward Lee

Robert Edward Lee

       Robert Edward Lee was born of two distinguished Virginia families.  He
was a devoted son, an outstanding Westpoint cadet, and an United States army
officer for thirty two years.  He graduated second in his class.

     Lee started his impressive Military career as a Lieutenant in the Corps
of Engineers.  His first assignment was to work on the construction of Fort
Pulaski in 1830 near Savannah, Georgia.  Then in 1831 he was transferred to Fort
Monroe, Virginia where he worked on harbor defenses.

     In 1834 he moved to Washington, D.C.  as an assistant to the chief of
engineers.  In 1835 he was assigned to resolve the Ohio-Michigan boarder
conflict.

        In 1837 he went to Saint Louis to work on stabalizing the Mississippi
river channel.  He was promoted to captain in 1838.  Being sucessful in Saint
Louis he was assigned to Fort Hamilton in 1841 to work on the New York Harbor
fortifications.

        When war broke out with Mexico in 1840 Lee was sent to Mexico for two
years as an engieneering officer.  There he was praised for his galantry and
good conduct.  In the war with Mexico he was wounded in the Storming of
Chapultepec in 1847.  The Mexican war was suposed to be the help that Lee needed
in the experance of commanding troops.

        After the Mexican war Lee was assigned to Baltimore in 1848, he was to
supervise the construction of Fort Carrol for nearly four years.

     In 1852 the United States military academy at West Point became Lees
home when he was appointed superint...

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