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Robert E. LEE

  • 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