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Biography of Robert E. Lee, Confederate commander of the Army of Northern Virginia and later all Southern armies during the American Civil War (1861–65). The Army of Northern Virginia was the most successful of the Southern armies. Lee became an enduring symbol for the people of the American South.

This week marks the birthdays of two famous Confederate generals: Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. Lee's birthday was yesterday, January 19, and Jackson's birthday is tomorrow, January 21. Robert E. Lee was born on January 19, 1807. He was a son of the famous Revolutionary War hero, "Light Horse Harry" Lee. Robert E.

Robert E. Lee - Confederate general of the Confederate States Army. He led the Army of Northern Virginia—the Confederacy's most powerful army—from 1862 until its surrender in 1865. After pursuing Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee into Maryland, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan of the Union Army launched attacks against Lee's army who were in defensive positions behind Antietam Creek.

Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865. The Civil War was over. If not whole, the nation was at least reunited, and the slow recovery of Reconstruction could begin

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Robert Duvall as Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA in "Gods and Generals"

Robert E. Lee was a Confederate general who led the South’s failed attempt at secession from the United States during the Civil War.

When we think of the past, we often think of it in black and white. After all, most historical photos that we've seen from the first half of the 20th Century are in monochrome, and because of this, it's easy to forget that color actually existed back then.