Robert E. Lee at age 31, then a young Lieutenant of Engineers ... April 15, 1865 Lee rejoins his family in Richmond, where Mary has been living since 1861. That summer they will move to the ...
Grant than Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Lee was born the fourth child ... foray as a field commander in western Virginia in 1861, Lee supervised the preparation of coastal defenses along ...
But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general. The two states recognize King and Lee on the third Monday in January. Their state governments ...