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The city is served by the Robert Lee Independent School District and is the location of Robert Lee High School. Notable people. Winnie Baze, American football player; John Burroughs, Democratic governor of New Mexico, 1959–1960; Wallace Clift (1926–2018), professor and author; Dean E. Hallmark, Air Force pilot. See also. Texas portal
Robert E. Lee. Robert Edward Lee, as a U.S. Army Colonel before the war. Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a career army officer and the most successful general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. He eventually commanded all Confederate armies as general-in-chief.
Oct 12, 2020 · John Coski. One hundred and fifty years ago today, on October 12, 1870, Robert E. Lee died at his home in Lexington, Virginia, from complications following a stroke suffered two weeks earlier. Torrential rains flooded local roads, preventing all but local mourners from attending his funeral on October 15. Within days, a group of Lexington ...
Jefferson Davis, Heros von Borcke, Robert E. Lee, Frank H. Alfriend, John Esten Cooke (2017). “REBEL YELL: History of the Confederacy, Memoirs and Biographies of the Confederate Leaders & Official Documents: History of the Confederate States, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Heros von Borcke, Constitution of the Confederate States and More ...
Jun 18, 2024 · Robert E. Lee - Slavery, Racial Attitudes: Lee held views about slavery and abolitionists typical for those of his class and section. A member of the slaveholding aristocracy, he saw the peculiar institution as necessary to maintain order between the races and resented northerners who attacked the motives and character of slaveholders and seemed eager to disrupt white supremacy in the southern ...
Jan 3, 2011 · Nearly a century and a half after his death, Robert E. Lee, the leading Confederate general of the American Civil War, remains a source of fascination and, for some, veneration. This two-hour film ...
Robert E. Lee. Many people believe Robert E. Lee was the best general of the Confederacy—and one of the best generals America has ever produced. Lee came from a well-known Virginia family.
