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    Robert Edward Lee was born January 19, 1807 at "Stratford" in Westmoreland County. Continuing in the military tradition of his father, in 1825 Lee entered West Point and graduated second in his class in 1829, without getting single demerit in his four years there. Serving several military positions in Georgia, Virginia, New York, Texas, and Mexico. Over the next 23 years, his reputation as a strong military leader increased in recognition and respectability, and in 1852 he was named superintendent

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    General Robert E. Lee was the leading general for the confederate army during the civil war and a revered heroic figure in the South now and then. Born in Stratford, Virginia Lee was head of his home states military until promoted to general-in-chief towards the end of the civil war. The opinion about General Lee is divided some have a deep respect for his military brilliance while others question some of his tactics. General Lee was a very smart man not just in military terms but just in general

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    battled on September 17, 1862. Union armed force led by General George B. McClellan battled against the Confederate Army led by General Robert E. Lee. The fight was battled along the Antietam Creek close Sharpsburg, Maryland. The union armed force lost more than twelve thousand men, while the confederate armed force lost around ten thousand men. General Robert E. Lee barely got away thrashing this fight and the absence of men cause him and his armed force to withdraw back to Virginia. McClellan started

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    Why the Robert E. Lee Statue Should Be Removed Imagine your children living in a world full of hatred, prejudice, and discrimination from their brothers and sisters of America. The ultimate reality where a minority man or woman can’t cross the street without feeling vulnerable or concerned of an issue occurring because of who they are. I am telling you this because if we let the Robert E. Lee statue remain standing, our world will become a dystopia of animosity and bigotry with the support of White

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    Grant was the commander of the Union Army. Robert E. Lee was the Confederates commander. Even though Ulysses s. Grant and Robert E. had completely different backgrounds they were both different and great in their own ways. Many of their beliefs were completely different. But they had surprisingly a lot in common. Lee Robert E. Lee was born into a privileged family. Because of this many of his beliefs were from a rich person’s perspective. Robert E. lee was the notion of the old aristocratic concept

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    “Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee: The Generals of Greatness” written by Eddie Whalen to describe the differences and similarities of these two great generals with different ideas can , at times , also have opposing ideas. Grant and Lee are different in many ways. General Lee was tidewater Virginia, and in his background were family, culture, and tradition. He had embodied a way of life that came down through the age of knighthood and the English country squire. General Grant was the son of a

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    General Robert E. Lee is one of a few character in the book The Killer Angle that I would like to talk about. General Lee was born in the south and he live in a state of virginia which also happen to be one of the state who left the union. Lee is fighting for the confederacy and he is well know and love by his soldier. In lecture class, professor Andrews said something about Lee doesn’t want to know as a defensive man throughout the war. the men will think of retrieve. Lee men's will follow him and

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    Both Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant were exceptional military leaders and extremely brilliant people. Rivals in the Civil War, Grant and Lee were forced against each other in the war that would change the course of American history. By the end of the war, it was clear that Lee was the superior military leader, despite the fact that he lost the war; but also because his strategies and military genius surpassed those of Grant’s and this was proven through the entirety of his life. Robert E. Lee

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    Robert E. Lee began life in humble circumstances facing a life of trials through all the hardships in his life, Lee became and remains an American symbol and the ultimate icon in the American South. He has survived through many hardships including losing two grandchildren and even one of his seven children during the civil war. From his childhood to his death, he had problems with his family including; not knowing his father and having many siblings that his mother had to take care of alone. He was

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    "I suppose there is nothing for me to do but go and see General Grant," he told an aide. "And I would rather die a thousand deaths." These words were said by the war hero, Robert E. Lee. The Civil War is the central event in America's history and probably will forever be the most memorable part of our country's past. The war would be one of the bloodiest wars in history. It last four dreadful years from 1861-1865. The Civil War determined what kind of nation America would be, and also resolved two

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