Robert E. Lee Was Born On January 19, 1807 In Stafford, Virginia.

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Term Paper Title	Robert E. Lee Was Born On January 19, 1807 In Stafford, Virginia.
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     Robert E. Lee was born on January 19, 1807 in Stafford, Virginia.
The son of Lighthorse Harry Lee and was educated at the U.S. Military
academy.
     In 1829 he graduated  second in his class receiving a commission as
second lieutenant in 1836 and captain in 1838.  He distinguished himself in
the Mexican War and was wounded in the storming of Chapultepec in 1847;
for his meritorious service  he received his third promotion in rank.
     He became superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy and later
appointed colonel of calvery.  He was in command of the Department of
Texas in 1860 and early the following year was summoned to Washington,
D.C., when war between the states seemed imminent.
     President Abraham Lincoln offered him the field of command of the
Union forces but Lee refused.  On April, 20 when Virginia succeeded from
the Union, he submitted his resignation of the U.S. Army.
     On April 23 he became commander in chief of the military and naval
forces of Virginia.  For a year he was military adviser to Jefferson Davis,
president of the Confederate States of America, and was then placed in
command of the Army in northern Virginia.
     In February 1865 Lee was made commander in chief of all
Confederate armies; two months later the war was virtually ended by his
surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.
     The masterly strategy of Lee was overcome only by the superior
resources and troop strength of the Union.  His campaigns are almost
unive...

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