Robert Edward Lee grew up to love the state of Virginia where he was born. As a young man he went to the US Military Academy at West Point. He graduated with honours in 1829 and then became an army officer. He fought in the US war with Mexico (1846–1847) and his bravery made him famous.
Many years later, when the American Civil War broke out in 1861, Lee decided to return to Virginia to ‘share the miseries of my people’.
In April of that year, he resigned from the US army and trained the Confederate army of the South. They won several victories, but they were poorly equipped: they did not have enough guns and they had very little food.
At the battle of Gettysburg in 1863, Lee's forces were outnumbered and defeated. For the next year and a half they were forced back on the defensive, and they became more and more ragged and hungry. Finally, at the beginning of April 1865, Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant, the commander of the Union forces of the North, at Appomattox Court House.
Lee spent the last five years of his life as president of Washington College, Virginia. He also urged Southerners to accept the outcome of the war and to keep the peace, thus helping to heal the split between North and South.
Many years later, when the American Civil War broke out in 1861, Lee decided to return to Virginia to ‘share the miseries of my people’.
In April of that year, he resigned from the US army and trained the Confederate army of the South. They won several victories, but they were poorly equipped: they did not have enough guns and they had very little food.
At the battle of Gettysburg in 1863, Lee's forces were outnumbered and defeated. For the next year and a half they were forced back on the defensive, and they became more and more ragged and hungry. Finally, at the beginning of April 1865, Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant, the commander of the Union forces of the North, at Appomattox Court House.
Lee spent the last five years of his life as president of Washington College, Virginia. He also urged Southerners to accept the outcome of the war and to keep the peace, thus helping to heal the split between North and South.
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