Essay on The Life of Robert E. Lee

“As a tactician, he was head and shoulders above Grant. Good defensively, Lee was even better on the offensive. He was bold and decisive, a calculating gambler…Splitting his army on several occasions, he surprised his opponents and won the day. Lee was a master of the holding attack, a tactic George Marshall would later instill as the only tactic taught at the Army War College prior to World War II.”

As a rule, West Point-trained generals held citizen soldiers and officers in low regard. Not Lee; he understood those whom he led, he appreciated their sacrifices for what they believed in, and adapted his leadership to suit them.

Grant and Lee are completely different when it comes to their views on what the American life style should be. Grants goals and standard are high, as the author says here in this statement: “Grant was the modern man emerging; beyond him, ready to come on the stage, was the great age of steel and machinery, of crowded cities and a restless burgeoning vitality” (411). I think that these values of a much larger and brighter future is a better choice. Thinking ahead rather than staying with the old ways is by far the greatest selection for the nation. Though Lee was a man of great class and noble causes he was forced to surrender to Grant. I suppose that the statement “out with the old and in with the new” is a true one. It would seem that Catton would agree with me when he said: “Lee might have ridden down

Lee’s mom moved back to New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1956 Lee joined the U.S. Marines while developing his interest in socialist literature that he started in New York. Lee was quoted to be a better than average marksman but he was court-martialed twice in 1958 for the possession of illegal weapons and for his violent behavior. He soon notified the russian that he wanted to move their and serve the Soviet Union. After an intense debate he was elected for a spy and he was strictly monitored by the Soviet Union. Lee Oswald soon dissifactory of the Soviet Union moved back to the United States in 1962 bringing his wife and his newborn daughter.

Lee had given the Confederacy its greatest victory, and was now an idol of the southern people. Lee was one of the most supremely gifted men produced by our Nation. One of the four “greatest Americans” was none other than Robert E. Lee. His picture hung in President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s office. A New York dentist told Eisenhower that Lee helped the United States Government. Lee was a heroic role model to the nation that he has shown when he went to the war. Lee is a bit complicated, but he was extraordinary in what he does. Lee was there to serve the south and protect them. He made sure that they were safe and that the Union would not get in the way of that. His maneuvers were even better.

He finished second in his class of 1829. He had experience early in his life, serving as a captain under General Winfield Scott in the Mexican-American War. He made himself most prominent in the wars of Veracruz, Churubusco, and Chapultepec. Lee’s general claimed that he was “the very best soldier I ever saw in the field (https://www.civilwar.org/learn/biographies/robert-e-lee). Due to his engineering background at West Point, Lee could use easily strategize against his opponents in war with mathematics and precision, making sure that his plans were very likely to succeed. These skills were later taken into the Civil War, which is a considerable reason of his

This source could be of value to historians due to its focus on Lee as a general and not necessarily about Lee in the civil war. The purpose of this book is not to debate the civil war, but to appreciate Lee’s role as the general. Therefore, the source is biased based on the authors clear appreciation of Lee. The source both gives facts about Lee’s life as well as information about Lee part in the civil war.

Unfortunately for Lee, he lost his right hand man, Stonewall Jackson, during the Battle of Chancellorsville. After his greatest victory Lee took a turn for the worst. After taking on the determined Ulysses S. Grant, a drained and unwell Lee started declining. Lee gave his best efforts in the Overland Campaign (starting the summer of 1864), but Grant’s troops were larger and stronger. Lee managed to flee to the Richmond area and secure a defense that held back Grant for almost a year.

Robert Edward Lee was born in Stratford, Virginia on January 19, 1807 to an aristocratic family. His parents both played a major role in Lee’s success. His mother Ann Hill Carter descended from a wealthy family while his father Colonel Henry Lee, served as a cavalry leader during the Revolutionary War. At a young age his father passed away, and his leadership roles were challenged. He was one of the six men in his family and had to help support the household. At eighteen he attended West Point MIlitary Academy, where he excelled in artillery, infantry and cavalry. Shortly after his mother’s passing in 1829, Lee was appointed to second lieutenant in the U.S. Military Corps of Engineers. He began courting Mary Curtis who is a member of the Virginia’s aristocracy. After getting Mr. Curtis’s approval they get married and have seven children together.

Following his duty at Baltimore Harbor he became superintendent of the Military Academy in 1852. Lee then accepted the Lieutenant Colonelcy of the 2nd Calvary in order to escape from the painfully slow promotion of in the engineers. He served with his regiment until his Father-in-law passed in 1857, after that he asked for series of leaves to settle the estate.

Despite the mistakes his father and brother made, Lee managed to grow learning the ways of a true Southern gentleman. The departure of his father and two older half-brothers made Lee the man of the house at an early age. His mother, Ann Carter, raised Lee in modest circumstances and helped him to learn standard of conduct. Lee grew up in modest conditions, and though he received the normal education for someone of his class, he had to earn his own living and didn’t live the easy-going plantation life that most members of his family did. Since his mother did not have sufficient cash to send Lee to go to college, he chose instead to enter West Point military and academy. He entered in 1825 at the age of 18. At West Point Lee excelled tremendously. He finished second in his class and didn’t receive one demerit during his four years there (A feat that has yet to be repeated since then). Lee entered Engineer Corps after graduation where he was employed to build and maintain military installations and assist the Federal Government in the enormous work of providing internal improvements in order to settle border disputes on the frontier lands.

Robert E. Lee was born on January 19, 1807 to Major General Henry Lee 3 at Stratford Hall Plantation in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Lee’s great-grandfather, Henry Lee 1 was one of the original colonists to Virginia. Very little is known of Robert E. Lee’s boyhood, except the fact that he had 5 siblings and he showed an aptitude for math. He was brought

in the war and he was a senior military advisor to President Jefferson Davis. Lee took command of the main field army in 1862. He was a brilliant military tactician. He won most of his battles with his far superior

One thing Lee and Grant had in common was their passion for what they were fighting for. They both really believe in what they were fighting for and could put themselves in the position to relate to what they were fighting for. Lee related to his region because it was similar to the society he lived in. He lived in a very static society that did not handle change well and stayed very consistent. He felt a connection to his region this way as he saw similarities of this region compared to his own

surrounded Lee's armies in the last battle between the states. However, Lee's character traits of courage,