General Robert E. Lee, CSA

Robert E. Lee

• Dates: January 19, 1807-October 12, 1870
• State: Virginia
• Highest Rank Attained: General
• Principal Commands: Virginia Forces, Coastal Defenses in Georgia & Carolina, military advisor to Jefferson Davis, Army of Northern Virginia, General-in-Chief (all Confederate armies)
• Principal Battles: Cheat Mountain (1861), Seven Days Battles (1862), Second Bull Run (1862), Antietam (1862), Fredericksburg (1862), Chancellorsville (1863), Gettysburg (1863), Wilderness (1864), Spotsylvania Court House (1864), Cold Harbor (1864), Petersburg (1864/5)