Robert E. Lee

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Frederick Douglass noted the nausea-inducing praise of this Virginian--one officer said his "bosom shone translucent" Lee $400 DJ CIVIL WAR GENERALS 2025-10-03 #9405
His son Custis served as an aide-de-camp to Jefferson Davis during the war Robert E. Lee $1,600 DJ THE CIVIL WAR 2017-05-12 #7530
The 9 1/2-month siege of Petersburg resulted in the fall of Richmond & this Virginian's surrender Robert E. Lee $200 J THE CIVIL WAR 2016-09-30 #7370
As a lieutenant of engineers in the late 1830s, hesupervised the engineering work for the harbor in St. Louis Robert E. Lee $400 DJ CIVIL WAR GENERALS 2014-02-06 #6769
It was at a victory that this CSA Gen. reportedly said, "It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it" (Robert E.) Lee $800 DJ CIVIL WAR PEOPLE 2013-10-18 #6690
"I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than a dissolution of the Union", wrote this Virginian Robert E. Lee $800 DJ CIVIL WAR MILITARY MEN 2013-06-18 #6632
Gaines' Mill, in which he whupped McClellan, was his first major victory despite his 9,000 casualties in one day Robert E. Lee $800 J CIVIL WAR GENERALS 2009-07-09 #5734
In May 1864, astride Traveller, he had to be stopped by a subordinate from riding into enemy fire Robert E. Lee $400 DJ CIVIL WAR STUFF 2002-04-16 #4067
(Cheryl of the Clue crew presents from Gettysburg.) Admitting defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, this general told his men, "It's all my fault.". Lee $200 J THE CIVIL WAR 2002-02-12 #4022
This Confederate general's horse Traveller was originally named Jeff Davis Robert E. Lee $100 J THE CIVIL WAR 1997-12-22 #3066
After signing the surrender, he told his Confederate troops to go home & resume their occupations Robert E. Lee $200 DJ THE CIVIL WAR 1997-05-26 #2946
He once wrote his daughter, "Traveler is my only companion; I may say my only pleasure" Robert E. Lee $400 J THE CIVIL WAR 1997-05-14 #2938
This Confederate commander is buried at the college he headed after the war Robert E. Lee $600 DJ CIVIL WAR GENERALS 1997-03-14 #2895
For most of the war his son Custis was aide-de-camp to Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee $800 DJ CIVIL WAR TRIVIA 1995-09-14 #2534
Union Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee was a distant relative of this Confederate commander-in-chief Robert E. Lee $100 J THE CIVIL WAR 1995-01-02 #2381
Between 1861 & 1863, this Confederate general's hair turned from black to snow-white Lee $200 DJ THE CIVIL WAR 1994-06-15 #2268
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, this general's son, led a division through the Petersburg Campaign Robert E. Lee $100 J THE CIVIL WAR 1994-02-23 #2188
Named general-in-chief February 6, 1865, he convinced Davis that a pardon for deserters was necessary (Robert E.) Lee $400 DJ THE CIVIL WAR 1993-09-09 #2069
This man who led the Confederate Army had once been offered command of the Union Army (Robert E.) Lee $200 DJ THE CIVIL WAR 1993-03-30 #1982
Stephen Sears names Lincoln as the most written-about Civil War figure & this Southerner second Lee $200 DJ THE CIVIL WAR 1993-01-26 #1937
This commanding general's soldiers affectionately nicknamed him "Uncle Robert" Robert E. Lee $100 J CIVIL WAR NICKNAMES 1992-10-07 #1858
In June 1862 he was appointed Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia Lee $400 DJ THE CIVIL WAR 1992-07-17 #1835
One of the reasons this general failed at Antietam was McClellan had a copy of his invasion plan Lee $300 J THE CIVIL WAR 1991-02-12 #1492
In 1975 Congress restored this Confederate general's U.S. citizenship Robert E. Lee $100 J THE CIVIL WAR 1990-10-25 #1414
Arlington House in Arlington Nat'l Cemetery became a memorial to this general in 1955 Lee $400 DJ THE CIVIL WAR 1990-06-20 #1353
This general was born into an aristocratic VA. family & married M. Washington's great-granddaughter Robert E. Lee $200 DJ THE CIVIL WAR 1989-03-13 #1051
"Slavery as an institution is a moral & political evil in any country," wrote this Confederate gen. Robert E. Lee $100 J CIVIL WAR 1987-09-21 #696
At Fredericksburg he said, "It is well war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it" Lee $600 DJ CIVIL WAR GENERALS 1987-01-26 #556
In the Confederate Army only Samuel Cooper & Albert Sidney Johnston ranked higher than him Robert E. Lee $200 DJ THE CIVIL WAR 1986-11-28 #515
General of whom it was said, "he wore defeat like a laurel crown" Robert E. Lee $200 DJ CIVIL WAR 1985-03-18 #136
He was Lincoln's first choice to lead the Union army Robert E. Lee $600 DJ THE CIVIL WAR 1984-09-13 #4
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