Glynn-Camden-Mcintosh County GaArchives Obituaries.....Lee, Robert Edward October 12, 1870 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: John B. King tibbs43192004@yahoo.com March 12, 2007, 8:09 am Collier's Encyclopedia, 1992, Vol., 14, page 440. General Robert E.Lee Commander of the Confederate States Army, who kept the Yan kees on their feet during The War Between the States, has died. He was born at Stratford, Westmoreland County, Va. He graduated from West Point,2nd in his class. In 1860 he resigned from the U. S. Army and offered his services to his native state (his country). He surrendered His Army to Grant April 9, 1865. He was then President of Washington College, now Washington & Lee. He is buried in a crypt on the campus of the College. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/glynn/obits/l/lee6953gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb