Lee Robert Edward

Robert E. Leec. 1864 photograph by Julian Vannerson (1827-1875?)

Lee

, Robert Edward 1807-1870. American Confederate general in the Civil War. He won victories at Bull Run (1862), Fredericksburg (1862), and Chancellorsville (1863) before surrendering to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox (1865).