Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Lee, Robert E. |
Also Known as |
Robert Edward Lee |
Titles & honors |
Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia President of Washington and Lee University Superintendent of West Point (1852-1855) |
Born |
Jan. 19, 1807 |
Birthplace |
Stratford Hall, Virginia |
Deceased |
Oct. 12, 1870 |
Deceased where |
Lexington, Virginia |
Spouse |
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee |
Children |
Mildred Childe Lee Anne Carter Lee Eleanor Agnes Lee Robert E. Lee Jr. George Washington Custis Lee William Henry Fitzhugh Lee Mary Custis Lee |
Father |
Henry Lee III |
Mother |
Anne Hill Carter Lee |
School |
West Point (graduated 1829) |
Notes |
Surveyed the coast of Florida in 1848-9 as part of the Army Corps of Engineers. He detailed the area around Miami and Jacksonville-St. Augustine. On November 5, 1861, he was assigned by Jefferson Davis to evaluate Southern defenses. In November 1861, he visited Fernandina and determined the defenses to be poor. On a second visit on January 17, 1862, he visited the grave of his father on Cumberland Island and stated that the defenses were growing stronger. Lee favored abandoning Fort Clinch in favor of strenthening more important locations. |
Role |
Military |
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