Definition of Robert E. Lee

1. Noun. American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870).

Exact synonyms: Lee, Robert Edward Lee
Generic synonyms: Full General, General

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Robert E. Lee (current term)
Robert E. Peary
Robert E Lee's Birthday
Robert E Lee Day
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Literary usage of Robert E. Lee

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Robert E. Lee, Chancellorsville to Gettysburg' (in 'Southern Historical Society Papers,1 Vol. XXVIII, pp. 148-155, Richmond 1900) ; Adams, CF, ..."

2. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1895)
"The President and Secretary Cameron expressed themselves as anxious to give the command of our army to Robert E. Lee. I considered myself as authorized to ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Robert E. Lee was ordered to the command of West Virginia. The campaign for regaining the State failed, and by November the Confederate authorities decided ..."

4. The Photographic History of the Civil War ...: Thousands of Scenes by Francis Trevelyan Miller, Robert Sampson Lanier (1911)
"OF Robert E. Lee as the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia,—at once the buckler and the sword of the Confederacy,—I shall say few words. ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Robert E. Lee was ordered to the command of West Virginia. The campaign for regaining the State failed, and by November the Confederate authorities decided ..."

6. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1899)
"June 1 Robert E, Lee was placed in command of the Confederate army, but did not assume the direction of affairs until the fighting of that day was over.1 ..."

7. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1913)
"Memoirs of General Robert E. Lee, by AL Long, formerly a Member of General Lee's ... Robert E. Lee, by Henry A. White, in the "Heroes of the Nation" Series. ..."

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