Robert_E._Lee

Robert E. Lee Robert E. Lee Early Years: Robert E. Lee was born on January 19, 1807. He was born in Stratford, Virginia. But after four years he moved from Stratford and moved to Alexandria, Virginia were he spent most of his youth. His father Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee, a Revolutionary War hero, along with Ann Hill Carter Lee were the parents of the soon to be famous Robert Edward Lee. Robert was the fourth of many children, the last to survive into full maturity though. Henry Lee, the father, was a propulsive gambler and was away a lot so mostly his mother raised Robert. She taught him patience, control, and discipline. He was taught Christianity and accepted it. His father lost most of the family fortune to gambling so Lee wasn’t very wealthy; in fact he was actually pretty poor. He watched his father go from failed enterprise to failed enterprise. And when Robert was only 11 his father died. Seeing all this around the house made Robert strive much harder to succeed in life. Young Robert seemed to inherit all the best characteristics of both of his parents and none lee, robert, army, war, virginia, after, general, battle, washington, military, confederate, federal, father, years, moved, mother, forced, south, position, one, grant, custis, because, back, although, again, 1862, while, west, very, time, spent, soon, richmond, point