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Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, toward the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. He led the Army of Northern Virginia—the Confederacy's most powerful army—from 1862 until its surrender in 1865, earning a reputation as a skilled tactician. A son of Revolutionary War officer Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee III, Lee was a top graduate of the United States Military Academy and an exceptional officer and military engineer in the United States Army for 32 years. He served across the United States, distinguished himself extensively during the Mexican–American War, and was Superintendent of the United States Military Academy. He married Mary Anna Custis, great-granddaughter of George Washington's wife Martha. While he opposed slavery from a philosophical perspective, he supported its legality and held hundreds of slaves. When Virginia declared its secession from the Union in 1861, Lee chose to follow his home state, despite his desire for the country to remain intact and an offer of a senior Union command. During the first year of the Civil War, he served in minor combat operations and as a senior military adviser to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Lee took command of the Army of Northern Virginia in June 1862 during the Peninsula Campaign following the wounding of Joseph E. Johnston. He succeeded in driving the Union Army of the Potomac under George B. McClellan away from the Confederate capital of Richmond during the Seven Days Battles, but he was unable to destroy McClellan's army. Lee then overcame Union forces under John Pope at the Second Battle of Bull Run in August. His invasion of Maryland that September ended with the inconclusive Battle of Antietam, after which he retreated to Virginia. Lee won two major victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville before launching a second invasion of the North in the summer of 1863, where he was decisively defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg by the Army of the Potomac under George Meade. He led his army in the minor and inconclusive Bristoe Campaign that fall before General Ulysses S. Grant took command of Union armies in the spring of 1864. Grant engaged Lee's army in bloody but inconclusive battles at the Wilderness and Spotsylvania before the lengthy Siege of Petersburg, which was followed in April 1865 by the capture of Richmond and the destruction of most of Lee's army, which he finally surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House. In 1865, Lee became president of Washington College, now Washington and Lee University, in Lexington, Virginia; as president of the college, he supported reconciliation between the North and South. Lee accepted the termination of slavery provided for by the Thirteenth Amendment, but opposed racial equality for African Americans. After his death in 1870, Lee became a cultural icon in the South and is largely hailed as one of the Civil War's greatest generals. As commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, he fought most of his battles against armies of significantly larger size, and managed to win many of them. Lee built up a collection of talented subordinates, most notably James Longstreet, Stonewall Jackson, and J. E. B. Stuart, who along with Lee were critical to the Confederacy's battlefield success. In spite of his successes, his two major strategic offensives into Union territory both ended in failure. Lee's aggressive and risky tactics, especially at Gettysburg, which resulted in high casualties at a time when the Confederacy had a shortage of manpower, have come under criticism. His legacy, and his views on race and slavery, have been the subject of continuing debate and historical controversy. Early life and education Lee was born at Stratford Hall Plantation in Westmoreland County, Virginia, to Henry Lee III and Anne Hill Carter Lee on January 19, 1807. His ancestor, Richard Lee I, emigrated from Shropshire, England, to Virginia in 1639. Lee's father suffered severe financial reverses from failed investments and was put in debtors' prison. Soon after his release the following year, the family moved to the city of Alexandria which at the time was still part of the District of Columbia, which retroceded back to Virginia in 1847, both because there were then high quality local schools there, and because several members of Anne's extended family lived nearby. In 1811, the family, including the newly born sixth child, Mildred, moved to a house on Oronoco Street. In 1812 Lee's father moved permanently to the West Indies. Lee attended Eastern View, a school for young gentlemen, in Fauquier County, Virginia, and then at the Alexandria Academy, free for local boys, where he showed an aptitude for mathematics. Although brought up to be a practicing Christian, he was not confirmed in the Episcopal Church until age 46. Anne Lee's family was often supported by a relative, William Henry Fitzhugh, who owned the Oronoco Street house and allowed the Lees to stay at his country home Ravensworth. Fitzhugh wrote to United States Secretary of War, John C. Calhoun, urging that Robert be given an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Fitzhugh had young Robert deliver the letter. Lee entered West Point in the summer of 1825. At the time, the focus of the curriculum was engineering; the head of the United States Army Corps of Engineers supervised the school and the superintendent was an engineering officer. Cadets were not permitted leave until they finished two years of study and were rarely allowed off the academy grounds. Lee graduated second in his class behind Charles Mason (who resigned from the Army a year after graduation). Lee did not incur any demerits during his four-year course of study, a distinction shared by only five of his 45 classmates. In June 1829, Lee was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. After graduation, while awaiting assignment, he returned to Virginia to find his mother on her deathbed; she died at Ravensworth on July 26, 1829. Military engineer career On August 11, 1829, Brigadier General Charles Gratiot ordered Lee to Cockspur Island, Georgia. The plan was to build a fort on the marshy island which would command the outlet of the Savannah River. Lee was involved in the early stages of construction as the island was being drained and built up. In 1831, it became apparent that the existing plan to build what became known as Fort Pulaski would have to be revamped, and Lee was transferred to Fort Monroe at the tip of the Virginia Peninsula (today in Hampton, Virginia). While home in the summer of 1829, Lee had apparently courted Mary Custis whom he had known as a child. Lee obtained permission to write to her before leaving for Georgia, though Mary Custis warned Lee to be "discreet" in his writing, as her mother read her letters, especially from men. Custis refused Lee the first tim.... Discover the Edward Lee popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Edward Lee books.
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Edward Lee Yaklin v. Glusing
Thirteenth District, Corpus Christi Court of Appeals of TexasThis is an appeal from summary judgments granted in favor of the defendants, the Estate of Nelson Sharpe, deceased, and James Krueger, in a legal malpractice case. Edward Lee Yakli...
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Robert E. Lee v. Edward A. Smith
Supreme Court of Missouri En BancThis is an appeal from an order denying defendants motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial and from the judgment entered therein. The action was brought ...
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Growing Old Disgracefully
Rohan CandappaDoes your mother think it's really charming to talk to every rose bush on the street? Has your father taken up obsessive fundraising for a donkey sanctuary on retirement? Does he c...
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Joe Edward Lee v. State Florida
Supreme Court of FloridaWe review Brazell v. State, 532 So.2d 50 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988), which certified the following question of great public importance:
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Edward Lee Hearn v. Edythe Alberta Hearn
Kansas City District Missouri Court of AppealsWe have here a divorce case. The plaintiff below and respondent here, Edward Lee Hearn, and the defendantappellant, Edythe Alberta Hearn, were married on September 17, 1929. Two so...
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The Myth of the Lost Cause
Edward H. BonekemperHistory isn't always written by the winners...Twentyfirstcentury controversies over Confederate monuments attest to the enduring significance of our nineteenthcentury Civil War. As...
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Edward Burne-Jones
Penelope FitzgeraldPenelope Fitzgerald, the Booker Prizewinning author of ‘Offshore’ and ‘The Blue Flower’, turns her attention to the remarkable life of the PreRaphaelite artist Edward BurneJones.‘I...
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Buttermilk Graffiti
Edward LeeWinner, 2019 James Beard Award for Best Book of the Year in WritingFinalist, 2019 IACP Award, Literary Food WritingNamed a Best Food Book of the Year by the Boston Globe, Smithsoni...
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Charles Edward Lee v. State Texas
986 The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals No. 43Appellant entered a plea of guilty before a jury to the offense of robbery by assault. He was convicted and assessed a punishment of twentyfive years, from which he appe...
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Operation Valuable Fiend
Albert LulushiIn 1949, a newly minted branch of the CIA (the precursor of today’s National Clandestine Service), flush with money and burning with determination to roll back the Iron Curtain, em...
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The Back Roads of Limbo
Lee Edward McIlmoyleA private dick gets shot up to keep him from giving away trade secrets.A child remembers the monster he called friend.A secret agent discovers he is being watched while waiting for...
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State Missouri v. Edward Lee Clemmons
Supreme Court of MissouriEdward Lee Clemmons, charged by information with robbery, first degree, by means of a dangerous and deadly weapon, was convicted by a jury which assessed his punishment at twenty y...
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The Last Investigation
Gaeton Fonzi, Marie Fonzi & Dick RussellA shocking exposé looking into the failure of our government to investigate the assassination of a president.Now featuring a foreword from New York Times bestselling author Dick Ru...
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In Sunlight or In Shadow
Lawrence BlockA truly unprecedented literary achievement by author and editor Lawrence Block, a newlycommissioned anthology of seventeen superblycrafted stories inspired by the paintings of Edwa...
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Life and Letters of Robert Edward Lee
John William JonesIncluding his letters, diary entries and more, this volume provides an intimate look into the life of General Robert E. Lee.
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Edward Lee Underhill v. State Indiana
Supreme Court of Indiana No. 181S 17HUNTER, J. The defendant, Edward Lee Underhill, was convicted by a jury of escape while armed with a deadly weapon, a class C felony, Ind. Code § 354435 (Burns 1979 Repl.), and of ...
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State Missouri v. Edward Lee Mckee
Western District Court of Appeals of MissouriEdward Lee McKee was found guilty by a jury of assault in the second degree, § 565.060, RSMo 1986, 1 armed criminal action, § 571.015.1, and unlawful use of a weapon, §...
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El poeta y el archivero
Edward Wilson-LeeUna nueva épica de la expansión ibérica en pleno renacimiento30 de enero de 1574. El cuerpo sin vida del Archivero del Estado, Damião de Góis, fue hallado en las calles de Lisboa. ...
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Barbara Lee Hartlage v. Edward Halloran
St. Louis District Missouri Court of AppealsThis is an action for damages arising out of personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff. It was alleged that the injuries were sustained when the defendant's automobil...
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State Missouri v. Charles Edward Lee
Supreme Court of NebraskaEach of the six defendants was found guilty of statutory rape and the punishment of each was fixed by the jury at two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. See § 559.260 (all st...
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Winterlude, A Sterling Carcieri Christmas Mystery
Lee Edward McIlmoyleJeannie Kinneman is a good Judge's daughter with a good job in the city and good prospects. Her only vices are a fondness for good food, good scotch, good wine, and bad men. One pa...
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Sam C. Ellis and Robert Lee Ellis v. Edward Earl Brown
Supreme Court of FloridaFannie Lee Ellis was struck by an automobile driven by the defendant, appellee here, Edward Earl Brown, and died a few hours later on the same day. Thereafter, two suits were insti...
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The Wicker Man
Robin Hardy & Anthony ShafferFirst published in 1978, five years after the release of the classic horror film from which it is adapted, The Wicker Man by director Robin Hardy and screenwriter Anthony Shaffer, ...
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Samuel Marsh, William E. Lee, And Edward C. Delavan, Plaintiffs in Error v. Edward Brooks
United States Supreme CourtTHIS case was brought up, by writ of error, from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa. It was before this court at January term, 1850, and is r...
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People State New York Ex Rel. Lee Schlesinger v. Edward M. Fay
Supreme Court of New YorkOn December 15, 1959 relator was convicted, after trial in the Court of General Sessions, of the crime of murder in the second degree and was sentenced to a term of 20 years to lif...
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Edward Lee Minnifield v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of AlabamaThe dispositive issue in this appeal is whether or not there was a dedication and acceptance of the right of way for a future thoroughfare that appeared on a recorded subdivision p...
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Robert Edward Lee
Archer AndersonIncluding a handwritten note from the author in the front of the volume, Robert Edward Lee is an address given to the General at the unveiling of a monument made in his honor on Vi...
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State Utah v. Edward Lee Day
Supreme Court Of UtahELLETT, Chief Justice: The driver of dependents truck in which defendant was riding almost collided with a truck driven by the deceased. An argument resulted between the two driver...
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The Life of General Robert Edward Lee for Children
Mary L. WilliamsonRobert Edward Lee was born at Stratford, Westmoreland county, Virginia, on the 19th of January, 1807. His father, General Henry Lee, had been a great chief in Washington’s army. Th...
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Edward Lee Brown v. United States America
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitHAMLIN, Circuit Judge. Appellant was convicted by a jury in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California of two counts of selling and concealing heroin ...
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Samuel Marsh, William E. Lee, And Edward C. Delavan, Plaintiffs in Error v. Edward Brooks
United States Supreme CourtTHIS case was brought up, by writ of error, from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa. It was before this court at January term, 1850, and is r...
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Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 11
Maxim JakubowskiThis superb annual anthology of the year’s most outstanding short crime fiction published in the UK is now well into its second decade. Jakubowski has succeeded, once again, in une...
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Daughters of Chivalry
Kelcey Wilson-LeeVirginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this idealizedand largely mythicalnotion of the medieval noblewoman still lingers. Yet...
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Coup in Dallas
H. P. Albarelli & Dick RussellThe CIA, Dallas, and the Hard Details of the JFK AssassinationCoup in Dallas leaves speculation and theory aside to give the hard details of who killed President John F. Kennedy an...
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Edward Lee Oates v. State of Mississippi
Supreme Court of MississippiDuring the early morning hours of July 4, 1979, Marsha L. Allred was kidnapped from her job as a Memphis, Tennessee convenience store clerk. Skeletal remains found in a secluded ar...
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Trousdale Estates
Steven M. PriceFilled with beautiful, vivid photographs, Trousdale is the definitive history of the architecture and design that defined both Beverly Hills and the ultimate American Dream.Trousda...
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People Like Ourselves
Pamela JoosteJulia belongs to the inner circle of Johannesburg high society. But in the New South Africa, things have changed the days of tea on the lawn are over. Julia's husband, Douglas, is...