. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. 142 GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE,. ROBERT EDWARD LEE: His Birth, Childhood, Youth, Marriage—Life and Career to theYear 18^9. In November, 1865, General Robert E. Lee wrote from Lex-ington, Va., to an inquiring friend, the following letter: My dearSir: I received by the last mail your letter of the 13th inst., inquiringinto my family history. I am a poor genealogist, and my familyrecords have been destroyed, or are beyond my reach. But, as you insist on my furnishing the information asked for, and desire it foryour own private use,
. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. 142 GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE,. ROBERT EDWARD LEE: His Birth, Childhood, Youth, Marriage—Life and Career to theYear 18^9. In November, 1865, General Robert E. Lee wrote from Lex-ington, Va., to an inquiring friend, the following letter: My dearSir: I received by the last mail your letter of the 13th inst., inquiringinto my family history. I am a poor genealogist, and my familyrecords have been destroyed, or are beyond my reach. But, as you insist on my furnishing the information asked for, and desire it foryour own private use, I will endeavor to give you a general am the youngest son of Henry Lee, of the Revolutionary War, whocommanded Lees Legion under General Greene in the SouthernDepartment of the United States ; and was born at Stratford, on thePotomac, Westmoreland County, Virginia, the 19th of January, mother was Anne Hill Carter, daughter of Mr. Charles Carter,of Shirley, on James River. My father was twice married—first toMiss Lee and then to Miss Carter. Major Henry Lee, of the Warof
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