Gen. "Light-Horse Harry" Lee fought in the Revolutionary War. Robert E. Lee Memorial Association ... Not only the uniform, the mythic horse, the hair and beard, but the resignation with which ...

No man proved a more worthy opponent to Ulysses S. Grant than Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Lee was born the fourth child of Colonel Henry Lee and Ann Hill Carter on January 19, 1807.

General Lee with his generals, 1907. Courtesy: Library of Congress Letter from Robert E. Lee to Winfield Scott ... is cultivating a marvellous beard and preparing for conquest.