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Robert E. LEE

By captain rex1

  • LEE

    LEE
    HE WAS BORN JANUARY 19, 1807

  • FARM

    FARM
    FATHER LOSES PLANTATION

  • DEATH IN THE FAMILY

    DEATH IN THE FAMILY
    FATHER DIES IN WEST INDIES

  • college

    college
    gets into west point

  • marriage

    marriage
    robert e lee married mary anna randolphb custis

  • war

    war
    fought in mexican war

  • education

    education
    lee became superintendent of west point

  • inheritance

    inheritance
    lee inherits father in law's plantation

  • resignation

    resignation
    lee resigns from u.s. army

  • Second Battle of Bull Run

    Second Battle of Bull Run

  • Fredericksburg

    Fredericksburg

  • Chancellorsville

    Chancellorsville
    Lee's greatest victory/battle

  • Cold Harbor

    Cold Harbor

  • batle of the wilderness

    batle of the wilderness

  • president of washington university

    president of washington university
    after war, Lee worked at Washington university until death