Robert E.

Lee
By Dominykas Ramanauskas 10b
 His early life
• He was born in 1807-01-01 in the state of
Virginia.
• There’s not that much information about his
childhood. He rarely discussed it as an adult
and only a few letters were left giving us small
hints.
• He enrolled at “West Point” academy which
had a focus in engineering.
• After graduating, he became a military engineer
and supervised the construction of ports, forts.
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His role in the Mexican-American war

• He played a crucial part in the war as he found

unguarded tracks that were exploited to bring many
victories for the Americans.
• He was promoted to a brevet major after the Battle
of Cerro Gordo. He also fought in other battles. He
had received additional promotions up to colonel,
but his permanent rank was captain of engineers.
• After the war he spent 3 years serving at Baltimore
harbor and later became a superintendent for “West
Point” academy.

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 Dates of rank
Excluding his ranks in the Confederate States Army

1828 1836 1838 1847 1855 1861

• Second • First • Captain • Brevet Major • Lieutenant • Colonel
Lieutenant Lieutenant • Brevet Colonel
Lieutenant
Colonel
• Brevet
Colonel

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Before the Civil War
• Robert wasn’t expecting a war for
glory.

• At first, he was against the

confederates and hailed them as
traitors to the Union.

• He only agreed to join them because

his duty didn’t allow him to fight
against his home state.

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Role in the Civil War
• He was appointed to command all of
Virginia’s forces, he was named one
of the Confederate’s five full generals
upon the its formation.
• His total results of battles:
1. 5 defeats.
2. 8 victories.
3. 4 inconclusive battles.
4. 3 draws.
Post-bellum life
• Lee was not arrested or punished, but he lost his
right to vote and some of his properties.
• Nationally he became an icon of reconciliation
between the North and South, and the reintegration
of former Confederates into the national fabric.
• He supported a system of free school for blacks, but
was against giving them the right to vote.
• He accepted an offer to serve as the president of
Washington College ( now Washington and Lee
University ) in Lexington, Virginia, and served from
October 1865 until his death.
• Robert sent an application to have his crimes
pardoned and to have his citizenship restored.

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Illness and death
• On September 28, 1870, Lee suffered a
stroke. He died two weeks later, shortly
after 9 a.m. on October 12, 1870,
in Lexington, Virginia, from the effects
of pneumonia.
• According to one account, his last words
on the day of his death, were "Tell Hill he
must come up. Strike the tent", but this is
debatable because of conflicting accounts
and because Lee's stroke had resulted
in aphasia, possibly rendering him unable
to speak.

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