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The Lee family of the United States is a historically significant Virginia and Maryland political family, whose many prominent members are known for their accomplishments in politics and the military.
Richard Lee I, founder of the family in North America
Confederate general Robert E. Lee
Thomas Lee (1690–1750), Virginia colonist and cofounder of the Ohio Company
Richard Henry Lee (1732–1794), signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and president of the Continental Congress
Robert E. Lee
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Robert Edward Lee was a Confederate general whose early actions in the American Civil War led to his appointment as the overall commander of the Confederate States Army near the end of the war. He led
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…lieutenant colonel in the Continental Army and Governor of Virginia; Thomas Sim Lee (1745–1819), Governor of Maryland and lastly, and most famous, General Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), commander of the Army of Northern Virginia of the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War (1861–1865). Twelfth President…
Lee in 1864
Stratford Hall in Westmoreland County, Virginia, Lee's birthplace
Lee Corner on Oronoco Street in Alexandria, Virginia, a property owned by Lee
Lee at age 31 in 1838, as a Lieutenant of Engineers in the U.S. Army