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Robert E. Lee was born.
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His father died and it increased responsibility upon him
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Lee graduated number two in his class from the U.S. Military Academy in 1829
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He became the leader of the Department of Texas.
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Lee accepted a commission as colonel of the 1st U.S. Cavalry.
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Lee's extraordinary generaling won the South the battle of Chancellorsville.
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Robert E. Lee commands his army in the Battle of Gettysburg.
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Robert E. Lee and his Confederate Army surrender to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army.
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Robert E. Lee dies
He died of an acute attack of angina.