Robert E. Lee: The Greatest General

General Robert E. Lee was not only a great man, but also one of the greatest military leaders in American history. He led brother against brother, and he did it all for his home state of Virginia. Not because he agreed with all the politics of the South, but he loved where he had grown up and where his ancestors started in America.
Robert E. Lee was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia on January 19th, 1807. He was the third son of Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee and Ann Hill Carter Lee. When the Lees started having financial trouble they moved to Alexandria, Virginia. There, Robert E. Lee…