Robert E. Lee

By Blake Kubale

• On January 19, 1807, Robert E. Lee was born in Virginia.

• In 1820, Robert E. Lee graduated 2nd in his class. He did not receive a single demerit during his college career.

• Robert E. Lee married the great granddaughter of Martha Washington.

• In 1846, there was a war against Mexico that started on May 13.

• In 1861, Robert E. Lee was a general in the Civil War.

• In 1865 Robert E. Lee became president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia.

• On October 12, 1807, Robert E. Lee died from suffering a stroke.

• Robert E Lee was a combat officer and a combat engineer for 32 years.

• Robert E Lee was shy around outsiders and not around family members.

• There family was poor when Robert E Lee’s father died.