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| Keywords: people drawing sketch monochrome white background portrait General Robert E. Lee was born in Virginia in 1807; was admitted into West Point as a cadet in 1825; entered the United States Army in 1829. In 1845 he was appointed a member of the board of engineers, and in the following year chief engineer of the army in Mexico ; was brevetted major, April 18th, 1846, for gallant conduct at Cerro Gordo ; lieutenant colonel, August 20th, 1847, for bravery at Contreras and Churubusco, and colonel, September 13th, 1847, for gallant conduct at Chapultepec. In 1852 he was appointed superintendent of West Point Military Academy; on the 16th of March, 1861, he was appointed colonel of cavalry, and on the 25th of April in the same year he resigned his commission in see United States Army and offered his sword to Virginia, which State had just then seceded from the Union. He died October 12th, 1870. (from Frank Leslie's Illustrated History of the Civil War..., edited by Louis Shepheard Moat, Published by Mrs. Frank Leslie, New York, 1895) General Robert E. Lee was born in Virginia in 1807; was admitted into West Point as a cadet in 1825; entered the United States Army in 1829. In 1845 he was appointed a member of the board of engineers, and in the following year chief engineer of the army in Mexico ; was brevetted major, April 18th, 1846, for gallant conduct at Cerro Gordo ; lieutenant colonel, August 20th, 1847, for bravery at Contreras and Churubusco, and colonel, September 13th, 1847, for gallant conduct at Chapultepec. In 1852 he was appointed superintendent of West Point Military Academy; on the 16th of March, 1861, he was appointed colonel of cavalry, and on the 25th of April in the same year he resigned his commission in see United States Army and offered his sword to Virginia, which State had just then seceded from the Union. He died October 12th, 1870. (from Frank Leslie's Illustrated History of the Civil War..., edited by Louis Shepheard Moat, Published by Mrs. Frank Leslie, New York, 1895) | ||||
