Robert E. Lee Quotes


What a glorious world Almighty God has given us. How thankless and ungrateful we are, and how we labor to mar his gifts.


Citations

Lee, Captain Robert E. Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee. Doubleday, Page & Company, 1904.

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Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee
  • Born: January 19, 1807
  • Died: October 12, 1870
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Soldier

Robert Edward Lee was an American Confederate general best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He led the Army of Northern Virginia from 1862 until its surrender in 1865 and earned a reputation as a skilled tactician.