robert e lee

  • born

  • Period: to

    life time

  • His father died

  • Entered West Point

  • Graduated from West Point second in his class

  • Married Mary Randolph

  • Served as Assistant to Chief Engineer of the Army

  • Period: to

    Served as Assistant to Chief Engineer of the Army.

  • Stationed in Mexico

  • work on the defenses of Baltimore

  • superintendent of West Point Academy

  • Appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the Second Cavalry

  • service against Indians in Texas.

  • Took charge of Department of Texas where he stayed one year

  • Declined to be a candidate for the governorship of Virginia.

  • Robert E. Lee died at Lexington.