Fess Parker played “Davy Crockett” on TV, American school and military bands played “Dixie” and the late country music legend Johnny Cash sang “God Bless Robert E. Lee” that includes these words:
“I won't ever stop loving you my Dixie till they put me in the ground. And the last words they probably hear from me are God bless Robert E Lee.”
What was General Robert E. Lee’s favorite war horse? See answer at end of article.
January is a historic month of history when students, teachers, parents, Joe and Jane America and the world will hear much praise in memorial tribute to the Civil Rights leader and Baptist Pastor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who was born on the 15th day of January, in the year of our Lord, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia…. But, shouldn’t local, state and national news institutions also give fair and equal treatment and coverage to those who will remember the birthdays of General’s Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee who were also born during the month of January?
There will be memorial tributes to honor Dr. Martin Luther King in January and….
General Robert E. Lee will be memorialized in Lexington, Virginia with a tribute to both him and Stonewall Jackson on January 17th and 18th. Read more at: http://leejacksonday.webs.com/
The Georgia Division Sons of Confederate Veterans will again sponsor their annual Robert E. Lee Birthday Commemorative on Saturday January 18, 2014 at the Old Capitol Building, 201 E. Greene St., Milledgeville, Georgia. The parade route will assemble at 10:30 a.m. at the Old Governor's Mansion on W. Hancock Street and proceed through downtown to the Old Capitol on East Greene St.
The ceremony should begin around 11:00 a.m. at the Old Capitol where Georgia voted to secede from the Union in 1861. Read more at: http://gascv.org/robert-e-lee-celebration/#comment-4
During Robert E. Lee's 100th birthday in 1907, Charles Francis Adams, Jr., a former Union Army Commander and grandson of United States President John Quincy Adams, spoke in tribute to Robert E. Lee at Washington and Lee College's Lee Chapel in Lexington, Virginia. His speech was printed in both Northern and Southern newspapers and is said to had lifted Lee to a renewed respect among the American people.
Could you imagine the President of the United States, members of Congress or A Northern Veteran speaking publicly today in tribute to General Lee like Commander Adams and President Theodore Roosevelt did while touring the South in 1905?....The president told an aged group of Confederate Veterans in Richmond, Virginia: “Here I greet you in the shadow of the statue of your Commander, General Robert E. Lee. You and he left us memories which are part of the memories bequeathed to the entire nation by all the Americans who fought in the War Between the States.”
Who was Robert E. Lee?
Robert E. Lee was born on Jan. 19, 1807, at “Stratford” in Westmoreland County, Virginia. The winter was cold and the fireplaces were little help for Robert's mother, Ann Hill (Carter) Lee, who suffered from a severe cold. Ann Lee named her son "Robert Edward" after her two brothers.
Lee was educated at the schools of Alexandria, Va., and also received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York in 1825. He graduated in 1829, second in his class and without a single demerit.
Robert E. Lee's first assignment was to Cockspur Island, Georgia, to supervise the construction of Fort Pulaski.
Robert E. Lee wed Mary Anna Randolph Custis in June 1831. Robert and Mary had grown up together. Mary was the daughter of George Washington Parke Custis, the grandson of Martha Washington and the adopted son of George Washington.
In 1836, Lee was appointed to first lieutenant. In 1838, with the rank of captain, Lee fought valiantly in the War with Mexico and was wounded at the Battle of Chapultepec.
He was appointed superintendent of West Point in 1852 and is considered one of the best superintendents in that institution's history.
General Winfield Scott offered Robert E. Lee command of the Union Army in 1861, but he refused. Lee would command the legendary Army of Northern Virginia for the South during the War Between the States.
The answer to the question of what was Lee’s beloved war horse is “Traveller” who is buried near Robert E. Lee and his family at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.
Do our schools teach the young folks about Robert E. Lee and his farewell address to the troops?
Robert E. Lee,
Farewell to the Army of Northern Virginia
Headquarters Army of Northern Virginia Appomattox Courthouse, April 10, 1865 (General Orders No. 9)
After four years' arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources.
I need not tell the survivors of so many hard fought battles who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have consented to this result from no distrust of them, but feeling that valor and devotion could accomplish nothing that could compensate for the loss which would have attended the continuation of the contest, I have determined to avoid the useless sacrifice of those whose past services have endeared them to their countrymen. You will take with you the satisfaction that proceeds from the consciousness of duty faithfully performed, and I earnestly pray that a merciful God may extend to you His blessing and protection. With an increasing admiration of your constancy and devotion to your country, and a grateful remembrance of your kind and generous consideration of myself, I bid you an affectionate farewell.
Robert E. Lee General
Let’s not forget our heroes
Yeah, because buying and selling human beings like cattle was uber cool and patriotic.
Robert E. Lee was the greatest American general, bar none.
Interesting name for a website.
The South was Right.
he was a great engineering strategist. he gained his initial fame in the Mexican War as he taken under the wing of Winfield Scott in the great march from Veracruz to Mexico city...and he distinguished himself there multiple times.
early Civil War was also a great time for lee...but he got over his head at Gettysburg. He did not get the message across to J.e.b. Stuart when he needed him and his orders were not clear. he did way to much assuming with his subordinates and they failed him. and when he should have listened to his higher subordinates (Longstreet) he did not and that became Pickett’s charge
The biggest question about Lee was what was he was thinking at Gettysburg. I think he COULD have pulled it off. If Longstreet had made sure to commit all his troops simultaneosuly as ordered and had Stewart been successful in his attack at Meade's position from the rear where Pickett was aimed, it might have turned out differently. Then again, maybe not. If he broke through there would he have been able to use that operation successfully?
I am reading “The Last Invasion”. The book describes something often overlooked in books on Gettysburg - the MASSIVE panic, terror and disruption caused in the North by his invasion. Perhaps if Lee had not chosen to engage the Union Army, but just rolled on through PA, Ohio and NJ living off the land until the elections, Lincoln would have been defeated.
The Civil War or more properly The War Between the States raise in me so many conflicting feelings that it is hard to take a stand either way.
Slavery was evil and indefensible and inconsistent with the concepts expressed in the Declaration of Independence. We are still paying the price for it.
Yet the Constitution does NOT forbid the secession of a state and the Articles of Ratification of at least two states, which by acceptance by the Consitutional Convention extended to all the states, a state has a right to secede or nullify a Federal Law.
The dleiberate war waged against a civilian population by the North was an evil precedent.
Had the South succeeded in its efforts, the future of the world might have been very different. Could a divided America have achieved the economic and industrial accomplishments of a unified America? Could a divided America have successfully fought Hitler and Tojo and won the Cold War?
Interesting thoughts to ponder.
But by any criteria Lee was a great American, and a decent man of moral courage who found himself in a difficult and troubling position.
Mr BigReb555,
The “Victors” write the history. And in the “WAR(1860-1865)” there really were NO “Victors”. Slavery(and OTHER factors) TORE this country apart and we are still dealing w/ it. Gen Lee was a GREAT American and unfortunatly again The “Victors” wrote the history. Slavery was a “Time-Bomb” that Great Britain left this country with.
PS. I was born and live in the North...but my people did not enter this fair land till the turn of the century (19th-20th). I have no North-South Ax to grind. I am a states rights believer, but also think the attack on Fort Sumter was a strategic mistake. should have made the North make the first move. I also think that the whole slavery thing was a mistake...that should have been dealt with at the time of the writing of the constitution....but had it been a sticking point we would never have revolted against England, so it was understandable that it was not addressed at that time.
I often wonder had Lincoln lived, would he have moved the freed slaves to Guyana where he had planned to move them and solved many of the problems we live with to this day...
The War was about STATES RIGHTS more than anything else, Slavery was just the vehicle.
Imagine if, instead of telling states they cannot have slaves, the were fighting to prevent the Federal Government from telling you you HAD TO buy health insurance or face a fine?
Huh? We always take the 3rd Monday in January off to celebrate Robert E. Lee’s birthday. Doesn’t everyone?
Lee / Jackson Day bump
Im neutral when it comes to him.
I respect his professionalism, and his military brilliance, but he isn’t this god like figure that was above the failings of mid 19th century political thinking.
For every amazing story about him, you get equally disappointing views on something else or some decision that leaves wonder where the heck did that come from.
“Form for battle!”
thought police will be on site to ticket attendees.
11/12/13
Danielle was absent from school yesterday 11/11 13 because of Veteran’s Day. She will go to school on Veteran’s Day when kids Go to school on Martin Luther King Day.
Thanks,
XXX
Big Red 1
Vietnam Vet
Sgt E-5
(real letter)
The Mexican War began in 1848.
Robert E. Lee was a true American hero.
If only we had one to lead us today with the courage and dignity this gentleman displayed.
and the very best military man to ever come from the USA.(Except maybe Nathan Bedford Forrest).
http://www.nathanbedfordforrest.net/biography.htm