Name Meaning
Robert is of Old German origin,
meaning “bright fame”
Vital Stats
Birthday: January 19th, 1807
Birth Name: Robert Edward Lee
Birthplace: Westmoreland County, Virginia
Date of Death: October 12th, 1870
Cause: Pneumonia following a stroke
Place of Death: Lexington, Virginia
Height: Accounts vary between 5’10” and 6’0”
Nationality: American
Ancestry: English descent
Occupation before Civil War: Career
officer in U.S. Army
Occupation during Civil War: General,
Confederate States Army; Commanding
General of the Army of Northern Virginia.
Occupation after Civil War: President of
Washington College (now Washington and
Lee University), Lexington, Virginia
Major Battles:
The Seven Days Battles, Second
Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness,
Spotsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor,
Petersburg, Appomatox Court House
Relatives
Father: Henry Lee (1/29/1756-3/25/1818).
Mother: Ann Hill Carter (1773-1829)
Brother: Algernon Sidney Lee (born 1795)
Brother: Charles Carter Lee (born 1798)
Sister: Anne Kinloch Lee (born 1800)
Brother: Sydney Smith Lee (born 1802)
Sister: Catherine Mildred Lee (born 1811)
Also three half brothers and one half sister
from his father’s first marriage.
Romance
Married Mary Anna Randolph Custis on 6/30/1831
(10/1/1808-11/5/1873)
Children
Son: George Washington Custis Lee (1832-1913)
Daughter: Mary Custis Lee (1835-1918)
Son: William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (1837-1891)
Daughter: Anne Carter Lee (1839-1862)
Daughter: Eleanor Agnes Lee (1841-1873)
Son: Robert Edward Lee. Jr. (1843-1914)
Daughter: Mildred Childe Lee (1846-1905)
Resources
Lee
Robert E. Lee: A Biography
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