Robert E. Lee
Robert Edward Lee was
born on January 19th, 1807 in Stratford, Virginia. Robert's
father was thrown in debtors jail many times for not paying
on time. He was introduced to war early in his life; his
brother Sydney had shown him a cannon ball and told him
about the revolution. Mrs. Lee's stepson was old enough to
claim the mansion where they lived that his dead mother had
gave to him in his will. The Lee's left to live in Alexandria.
Lee was brought up in a Christian family. When Lee was 18,
he went to West Point. There were only 6,000 other men in
the entire army. Later that year, Lee said goodbye to his
mother and took a stagecoach from Virginia to New York.
At the end of his first year at West Point, he was appointed
Staff Sergeant. When he was twenty-two, he took his
money that he earned; $103.58 in cash and he started a
home. On July 26, 1829, Lee's mother died. Robert was at
her bed when she died. Then on June 30, 1831 Lee married
Mary Curtis. On September 16,......
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