The West End Location

Another thing that stood out to me about General Lee was that he was not a big fan of slavery. He had command of Northern Virginia during the Civil War, so it does make sense. Lee through out this book shows his love for Virginia. Let’s face it, he is solely in this war because Virginia made the decision to leave the Union. He is very loyal to his home state, and it shows through out the

In the spring of 1861 as the nation leaned toward Civil War, both Grant and Lee would be forced to make very difficult decisions. Grant would only have to decide between being a patriot or a traitor. In a letter to Grant’s father he wrote: “There are but two parties now, Traitors & Patriots and I want hereafter to be ranked with the latter. . . (Grant p 957)"18 Lee was torn between a successful career in the United States Army, his devotion to the Union, an appointment as commander of the Union forces and the love he had for his family and homeland. In a letter to his sister, Lee wrote: “ With all my devotion to the Union…I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand

Lee was thought to be one of the most, if not the most well respected and known generals in the Civil War. He was born on January 19, 1807, in Virginia to Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee, who was a well-renown Revolutionary War veteran. Lee graduated West Point second in his class with no bad mark on his record. After West Point, he joined the Engineer Corp, and worked his way up the ranks to Captain. During this time, he married Mary Anna Randolph Custis, who was related to George Washington’s wife. Marrying her not only got the financial side of his life covered, but also gave him a popularity advantage due to him being (faintly) related to the great Revolutionary War and First President of the United States. During the Mexican War, Lee used his trade as an engineer and helped Major General Winfield Scott with planning and beating the Mexican forces. After the Mexican war, Lee went to become the superintendent of the military academy at West Point, and made major changes such as adding an additional year to the previous four. In 1855, Congress approved the creation of four new regiments. Due to Lee’s want for a faster-promoting job, left his engineering life for the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, and for the next six years, he was put in Texas with his regiment. A couple of days after Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860, the South began to secede, and offered Lee the Brigadier General rank in their army. Lee would have declined it, and stuck with the Union if it

Lee, who is from Virginia, had very traditional and old fashioned beliefs. He strongly believed in the idea that having unequal, leadership, and social categories provided an advantage to society. The Confederacy embraced Lee as their leader as well. Furthermore, Confederate soldiers considered Lee

Robert E Lee was a commander of the army of the northern Virginia army also known as the confederate army and then became one of the most famous men in the south and at the time of the battle of Gettysburg he led his army through victories. He suffered from a heart problem but back then there was no medical treatments for those types of things so there was no way to diagnose what he had or any medication so they wouldn’t give you any treatments and because of that the only choice he had was death so he

Confederate Monuments began to erect across the nation well after the civil war between the 1890’s and 1950’s. There seems to be a correlation of when these monuments began to pop up and the era of the Jim Crow Segregation. The highest spike of monuments being built were between the 1900’s and 1920’s. These monuments were meant to be a teaching point of values to people rather than being a symbol of hate as many people took them to be. According to Mark Elliot, professor at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro; “The values to which these monuments stood for included a glorification of the cause of the civil war.”

He was also the only one who can match Robert E. Lee’s success so he was the man to do the job. Robert E. Lee was also going against him because he was part of the Confederacy. He was also very determined to crush

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.

Robert E. Lee was born in Virginia. He was the fifth child of Henry Lee who had served in the Revolutionary War. He was a very brilliant military strategist. “[He] served as general in chief of the Confederate armies during the Civil War” (Johnson 273). He was loved and respected by his armies and succeeding generations. His personal qualities show how great his speeches and letters were. “[He] was a member of one of Virginia’s finest families and he was [also]

In life we all want to see things as black and white, cut and dry, and easy to understand. This is not the case with Robert E. Lee. He was smart, loyal and above all, complicated. We like to make him out as some old general guy who fought for the South in the Civil War. Eventually lost at Gettysburg and because it was the turning point of the Civil War; he became famous for losing. He is a lot more than just that. He was an actual person who, from his birth up to his death, dealt with real life situations.

General Robert E. Lee is considered by many to be an iconic American figure, a symbol of the South, and one of the greatest Generals in American history. Lee was a highly regarded Colonel

Throughout history, there have been people whose names and faces have become synonymous with the time periods in which they lived. For example, Julius Caesar is synonymous with the late Roman Republic and George Washington is synonymous with the American Revolution. Just like these two men, the name Robert E. Lee has become synonymous with the American Civil War. Not only did Lee rise to become the most important and recognizable person in the Southern Confederacy, but his honor and virtuous acts during and after the war made him a hero to modern-day Americans. Even though he fought for what many consider the morally erroneous side of the war, the virtues of his character have made him a figure in American history

The Confederate Monuments are a life lesson to American people. The statues teach us about the past of our nation. People in our time think that the statues are supporting white supremacy. That is yet to be seen. Most of the Confederate monuments in the United States were

Lee was born January 19, 1807, in Virginia. He graduated from U.S military in second, and when the Civil war started, he was instantly a hero for the South, because of his smart tactics, and his plans for everything he did. If he were to fight for the Union, it would have lasted about one year, and Lincoln knew that. Thats why Lincon asked Lee to fight for him, but Lee declined the offer kindly. One of the wars he fought in before the Cival War was the Mexican war, and he was promoted to colonel because of his bravness, and his sense of survival. Lee saw himself as a wing, in the family greatness. At the age of 18, he enrolled to the point Military Academy, while there he put his mind to that and seriously minded to work hard and determined. He said “Do your duty in all things.You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less.”After graduating he married a girl named Marry Custis, they had seven kids three boys and four girls. During war he said “I cannot trust a man to control others if he cannot control

Almost 70% of Lee High Schoolers are Africans Americans, and all of them go to a high school of a man who supported slavery. As an African American myself, I believe that we shouldn’t just be known for slavery, we should be known for all the great we have done. Also, to add on to that Lee’s colors are blue and grey which are Confederate colors. This makes my heart hurt, because not a lot of people students know that Lee High is named after a Confederate General. Not to mention Robert E. Lee is also racist.