Robert E. Lee

By liamwilliams

  • Birth

    Born in Statford Hall, Vrginia to Revolutionary War hero Henry "Light Horse Harry".
  • Period: to

    Robert E. Lee

  • West Point

    West Point
    Graduated second in class from West Point Millitary Academy.

  • Married

    Married
    Married Marry Anne Rudolf Curtis

  • Lincolns Offer

    Turned down Abraham Lincoln when asked to command federal forces

  • Resignation

    Resignation
    Robert E. Lee resigns from the army saying he could not fight his own people and instead accepted a general's commision in the new Confederate Army.

  • First Civil War Battle

    First Civil War Battle
    the battle of cheat mountain was lees first battle of the civil war

  • Antietam

    Antietam
    lees invasion plans were compromised. leading to his army and george mcclellan into the bloodiest one day batttle of the war. eventually ending in a stalemate.

  • Pickett's Charge

    Pickett's Charge
    Lee ordered a huge assult which ended in a loss and Lee later wrote Jefferson Davis to offer his resignation, which Davis did not accept.

  • Lee's Surrender

    Lee's Surrender
    Lee Surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House, putting an end to the Civil War.

  • Death

    Death
    Died of a stroke at his home in Lexington, Virginia