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'''Robert Edward Lee''' ([[January 19]], [[1807]] - [[October 12]], [[1870]]) was born at Stratford, in [[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westmoreland County]], [[Virginia]] to [[American Revolution | Revolutionary War]] hero [[Henry Lee]] ("Lighthorse Harry"). Lee served as general of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces during the [[American Civil War]], entering [[West Point]] in [[1825]]. When he graduated (second in his class of forty six) in [[1829]] he had not only attained the top academic record but was the first cadet to graduate the Academy without a single demerit. He was commissioned as second lieutenant in the engineers.
Lee served for seventeen months at Fort Pulaski on Cockspur Island, [[Georgia]]. In [[1831]], he was transferred to Fort Monroe, Virginia, as assistant engineer. While he was stationed there, he married Mary Anna Randolph Custis, the great-granddaughter of [[Martha Washington]]. They settled in the Custis mansion, located on the banks of the [[Potomac River]] in [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington]], just across from [[Washington, D.C.]]. They eventually had three sons and four daughters.
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