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The Robert E. Lee won the race. [191] The steamboat inspired the 1912 song Waiting for the Robert E. Lee by Lewis F. Muir and L. Wolfe Gilbert. [192] In more modern times, the USS Robert E. Lee, a George Washington-class submarine built in 1958, was named for Lee, [193] as was the M3 Lee tank, produced in 1941 and 1942.
She married Robert E. Lee in 1831 at her parents' home, Arlington House. At the time, Robert E. Lee was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Engineers. [6] Among Mary Lee's other suitors was Sam Houston. Lee was a well educated woman, having learned both Latin and Greek. She enjoyed discussing politics with her father, and later with her husband.
Lee's service during the American Revolution as a cavalry officer in the Continental Army earned him the nickname by which he is best known, "Light-Horse Harry". [note 1] He was the father of Confederate general Robert E. Lee, who led the Army of Northern Virginia against the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Robert Edward Lee Jr. (October 27, 1843 – October 19, 1914) was the sixth of seven children of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Randolph Custis. He became a soldier during the American Civil War , and later was a planter , businessman, and author.
Mary Custis Lee (July 12, 1835 – November 22, 1918) was an American heiress and the eldest daughter of Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis Lee. Throughout the American Civil War and Reconstruction era, she remained distant from her family. Spending much of her time traveling, she did not attend the funerals for ...
Robert E. Lee (1807–1870) was the son of Henry Lee III, and probably the most famous member of the Lee family. He served as Confederate general in the United States Civil War and later as President of Washington and Lee University , which was named for him and for George Washington .
Lt. General Arthur Gregg, from Florence SC, stands center left with the family of Lt. Colonel Charity Adams, from Columbia SC, on the right. A Virginia Army base previously named for Robert E. Lee ...
Anne Carter Lee was born on June 18, 1839, at Arlington Plantation in Virginia. [1] She was the fourth child and second daughter of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis Lee. [1] Lee was named after her grandmother, Anne Hill Carter Lee, and was a member of the prominent Lee family. [1]