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29 Οκτ 2009 · Robert Edward Lee was born in Stratford Hall, a plantation in Virginia, on January 19, 1807, to a wealthy and socially prominent family.
Robert Lee attended school at Eastern View, Fauquier County, and shifted to ‘Alexandria Academy’ where he developed a liking for mathematics. In 1824, Robert Lee was appointed to the ‘United States Military Academy’ at West Point, on the recommendation of his relative William Henry Fitzhugh.
8 Οκτ 2024 · What was Robert E. Lee’s childhood like? Robert E. Lee’s father’s financial mismanagement left Lee, his mother, and his siblings in circumstances that rendered them less wealthy than the plantation owners in his extended family.
Lee was born at Stratford Hall Plantation in Westmoreland County, Virginia, to Henry Lee III and Anne Hill Carter Lee on January 19, 1807. [4] . His ancestor, Richard Lee I, emigrated from Shropshire, England, to Virginia in 1639. [5] Lee's father suffered severe financial reverses from failed investments [6] and was put in debtors' prison.
Robert E. Lee was born on January 19, 1807 in Stratford Hall, Virginia. His father, Henry, was a hero during the American Revolutionary War where he earned the nickname "Light Horse Harry". His mother, Ann Carter, came from a wealthy family.
19 Ιουλ 2019 · Robert attended a relative’s plantation school and the Alexandria Academy, where he was given a classical education. His boyhood was enriched by a supportive and engaging extended family and academic success, but pinched by poverty and his mother’s failing health.
Robert Edward Lee was born in 1807, into a prominent family at Stratford Hall in Virginia. Soon after Robert’s birth, his father’s poor financial management forced the family to leave Stratford Hall. Moving to Alexandria, Virginia, he met and would eventually marry his distant cousin, Mary Custis, heiress of Arlington House, in 1831.
