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- Birth nameRobert Edward Lee
- Height5′ 10½″ (1.79 m)
- Robert Edward Lee was a Confederate general who served the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War, during 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. During the war, Lee earned a solid reputation as a skilled tactician, for which he was revered by his officers and men as well as respected and feared by his adversaries in the Union Army.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- SpouseMary Anna Randolph Custis(June 30, 1831 - October 12, 1870) (his death, 7 children)
- [on confederate monuments] I think it wiser, moreover, not to keep open the sores of war but to follow the examples of those nations who endeavored to obliterate the marks of civil strife, to commit to oblivion the feelings engendered.
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