For Virginia!
Robert E. Lee was born on January 19, 1807 at the Stratford Hall Plantation in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Lee is the son of Revolutionary War hero Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee. In 1825, Robert entered the United States Military Academy. In 1829 he graduated second in his class of forty-six. Lee had the top academic record and had no demerits on his record too. Upon graduation he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. In 1831 while he was stationed at Fort Monroe, he married Mary Anna Randolph Curtis. Mary was the great-granddaughter of Martha Washington. Together they had seven children, George Washington Curtis, William H. Fitzhugh, Edward, Mary, Annie, Agnes, and Mildred.
During the Mexican War, Lee was one of Winfield Scott's chief aides in the march from Veracruz to Mexico City. After the Battle of Cerro Gordo in April, 1847, Lee was promoted to major. By the end of the war, he had been promoted to lieutenant colonel. After the Mexican War, he spent three years at Fort Carroll in Baltimore harbor, where he became the superintendent of West Point in 1852. In 1855, Lee became Lieutenant Colonel of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry. He was then sent to the Texas frontier to help protect settlers from attacks by the Apache and the Comanche.
In October 1859, John Brown raided the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Lee was summoned by the Secretary of War on October 17, was given detachments of the Maryland and Virginia militia, soldiers from Fort Monroe, and United States Marines, and was told to suppress the slave uprising. When Lee arrived Brown and his men had been held up in the fire-engine house at the armory. In the early morning of October 18, Lee sent marines in to storm the house. After about three minutes, the raid was over, two marines had been shot and four of Brown's men were dead. Lee had successfully suppressed the uprising.
On April 18, 1861, on the eve of the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln offered Lee command of the United States Army (Union Army). However, Lee's loyalty to his native Virginia led him to join the Confederacy. He was first appointed to command all of Virginia's forces; he was one of five full generals of the Confederate forces.
President Abraham Lincoln demanded a decisive victory. He was tired of his military leadership’s inability to decisively engage and defeat Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Allowing the war to drag on was to the Confederacies advantage. Lincoln was so frustrated that he relieved General George B. McClellan for failing to defeat Lee at Antietam, and replaced him with General Ambrose Burnside, who proved to be very conservative in battle against General Lee. Knowing that General Lee was a student of Napoleonic warfare, Burnside feared that Lee always had a large Corps in reserve waiting to flank should he be decisively engaged from the front.
She died at Gettysburg. Here's a brief summary of what happened at the battle of Gettysburg. Lee was the general of the confederate side on the battlefield, and he was going against George Meade, who was the general on the union side at the battle. (Google)
Lee’s first military campaign was in West Virginia during the Civil War. There he took command of the Eastern Army of Virginia but, only after General Johnson was injured. Lee was greatly outnumbered by the Union Army. Lee came up with a plan to make up for his numbers by attacking General McClellan’s army. In the next days there were a number of skirmishes between Lee’s advancing forces and against McClellan’s army which became know as the Days Battle. After Lee’s success at the Days Battle, Lee gained control of the Army of North Virginia, the biggest army in Virginia.
In 2003, Roy Blount Jr. published the book Robert E. Lee through the Penguin Group Inc. This book is different then other books published about Lee due to the fact that this book looks behind the man in uniform, and shows how Lee became the legend that we know today. Blount brings an element of humor that some would not expect to find when writing about Lee. Through this type of writing, Lee transforms into the everyday person who we all can relate to.
General Lee knows that we have inexperienced men and aims at improving the quality of the troops. He upgrades the quality by tightening command and discipline, improving morale, and convincing the soldiers that the confederacy was in full command of the situation. Lee knew that we are lacking, and devised initiatives to nullify the Union’s superiority in manpower, armaments, and supply by destroying their prearranged plans.
Over all on the end Francis Lightfoot Lee died of natural causes on the year 1797. Francis Lightfoot Lee was one of the best at what he did and still came around to see his family because he loved them so much. A few days before Francis Lightfoot Lee died he went and worked in his family's farm because he wanted to die with the sight of family. Once he died his wife Rebbecca died ten days later. Some people say she died of sadness. Others say she died of a broken heart. Even though he risked his life he did this for his
...d to prevent the total annihilation of the army of Tennessee. Grant also needed help from the navy to win the battles of Fort Henry and Donelson. While Grant needed reinforcements, Lee was able to regroup his battered army after the Battle of Antietam and win the Battle of Fredericksburg the following December.
The Civil War was not a little thing it was a huge thing that a lot of families suffered from. Lincoln has the view of I want everyone to get along and look at the bright side of this and Lee has the pessimistic view of this whole war. Lincoln wrote this speech on the back of the envelope hurriedly right before he had to give the speech. He was writing this speech because of all of the fallen soldiers that had fought in the war and they were having a memorial for all of the families that were affected by this war. Lee had intended this letter to be for his son, but he also wanted to be for a wider audience that would read and get his message. There are quite a few comparisons and contrasting views in Lincolns The Gettysburg Address and Lee’s Letter to His Son like Lincoln was for the war and Lee was not, they both want the country to be peaceful, and Lincoln said that war was equal on both sides and Lee said the north was being mean to the south.
While doing that, Brown created a plan that one night, a small group would capture the federal armory and arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. There, the group would seize all the guns and escape. Slaves would then join the group, creating an army, and diminish slavery in the South. On October 16, 1859, John Brown led a procession into Harpers Ferry and the raid went perfectly as planned. By noon, however, the Virginia militia entered Harpers Ferry and closed the only escape route. At the end of the day, Brown only had five of the twenty-two men he began with available to continue fighting.
When the war began, Ulysses S Grant was thirty-nine years old and knew he had to fight due to his distaste for slavery and opposition towards succession.(PBS) He began drilling a company in Galena and soon was recommended for a promotion by an Illinois congressman known as Elhu B. Washburne. Because of this, Lincoln promoted Grant to Brigadier. At this, he appointed John A. Rawlins, a young lawyer, to his staff. Rawlins soon became a close friend to the upcoming Ulysses S. Grant. Later at the permission of his commanding general, General Henry W. Helleck, he marched upon Fort Henry. Most Confederates retreated at Grant’s approach, and with the aid of a Union Gunboat, he was able to successfully secure the fort with ease. After this success, Ulysses S. Grant took it upon himself to lay siege to Fort Donelson. The Confederate commander of the fort, asked for terms of surrender, and received the reply, “No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted.” Upon this, the Confeder...
America has had many people that have made a positive difference to this nation by showing perseverance and putting others first for the greater good for the cause. People from low levels of society and from high levels of society have contributed to change this to become great. Robert E. Lee and his family did not enjoy fantastic wealth (“American Experience”). Robert E. Lee had an impact on this nation from the military standpoint. He had many difficult choices and decisions to make, like to stay with Virginia or to lead the Union Army. Lee served his country with everything he had. He fought on the battlefield, and commanded troops to victories and defeats. Lee never complained about the situation he was in or gave up when the going got tough. How did Robert E. Lee’s successful military career affect his life and how is he considered a prominent figure in American history?
On April 12 1861, Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter in Charleston and this event started the Civil War. Once Ulysses heard of the news, he quickly left his position as clerk at his family store to volunteer for military service in the Union army. He was first offered a position recruiting and training volunteer troops in Illinois and he accepted although he wanted field command in the actual army. On June 14, 1861, Grant was assigned colonel of the 21st Illinois Infantry, but on August 9th President Abraham Lincoln promoted Grant to Brigadier General. Ulysses’ first battle was on November 17th, 1861 when Grant and his army attacked Fort Belmont but was counterattacked and had to fall back. Although no one really won this battle, it was good experience for Grant and his troops. Grant’s first major victories took place in February 1862. On Feb. 6th, Grant, along with the help of Union Navy Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote, took over Fort Henry easily and ten days later defeated Confederate General Gideon J. Pillow at Fort Donelson. After these victories, Lincoln promotes Grant as Major General of Volunteers and gets the nickname “Unconditional Surrender”. Grant’s advancement on Fort Henry and Donel...
The three generals that led in the Battle of the Wilderness were very bright generals. Robert Edward Lee (the confederates leader) was born in Stratford hall, VA on January 19th, 1807 and died on October 12, 1870 in Lexington city, VA. Robert was raised by Anne Hill Carter Lee (mother) and Henry Lee III (father). He grew up with his sister Sydney smith Lee. After Robert graduated west point military academy (finished second in his class). He got married to Mary Anna Custis in the summer of 1830. Together they bore 7 kids. Robert was favored to do great things in the military just like his father (“light-horse Harry”). He was part of the Mexican-American war (in 1864) and was a Confederate General for many battles of the civil war including The Battle of the Wilderness. Lee was joined by his horse Traveller.Two days before the first attack started, causing the start of the Battle of the Wilderness, Robert E. Lee had already begun scouting George G. Meade’s troops. On May 4th, L...
After months of planning, John Brown and his twenty-one “soldiers'; marched into the strategically located town of Harpers Ferry with the goal of starting a slave revolt which would lead to the abolishment of the institution of slavery. Within hours Brown and his followers had taken several hostages, and gained control of the armory, the arsenal, and the engine house. The following days consisted of skirmishes with the towns people and the arrival of the United States Marines. After a brief confrontation the Marines easily captured Brown and his few surviving followers. On October 27 the trail of John Brown began. Only five days later the trial came to a rapid conclusion, with the jury finding Brown guilty on all charges. Two days later Brown was sentenced to death. His execution followed precisely one month later, on December 2nd. Clearly, Governor Wise and the state of Virginia acted justly and fairly when they tried John Brown and executed him for his deeds at Harpers Ferry.
(Robert E. Lee. The National Archives) John Brown was an abolitionist who wanted to kill as many slave holders as possible and create an anti-slavery army. On October 16, 1859, John Brown seized the federal armament of 100,000 muskets and rifles from Harper’s Ferry, modern day West Virginia. Within 36 hours, Robert E. Lee was at Harper’s Ferry where he attacked and captured John Brown and the other rebels. This was a major victory for Robert E. Lee and would open up many opportunities for him.