GRANT and LEE
ROBERT E. LEE
- Born in Virginia;
Son of Henry Lee
(Revolution Hero)
Stratford Hall the birthplace of
Francis Lightfoot Lee, Richard
Henry Lee, and later, Robert E. Lee.
Henry Lee III, called "Light Horse Harry", was a cavalry
officer in the Continental Army during the American
Revolution. He was the Governor of Virginia and a U.S.
Congressman, as well as the father of American Civil War
general Robert E. Lee.
ROBERT E. LEE
- Born in Virginia;
Son of Henry Lee
(Revolution Hero)
- Graduated 2nd in
his class at West
Point (no demerits)
ROBERT E. LEE
- Married Marry
Custis (GW’s
granddaughter)
ROBERT E. LEE
-Served under
Winfield Scott in
Mexican War
He was one of Winfield
Scott's chief aides in the
march from Vera Cruz to
Mexico City. He was
instrumental in several
American victories through
his personal reconnaissance
as a staff officer; he found
routes of attack that the
Mexicans had not defended
because they thought the
terrain was impassable.
ROBERT E. LEE
- Chose his
state over his
country
ROBERT E. LEE
- Chose his
state over his
country
Lee thought long and
hard about accepting
Lincoln’s offer to
lead the union, but
could not fight
against the state he
lived his whole life
in. He could not
fight against his
home.
ROBERT E. LEE
- Commands Army of
Northern Virginia
ROBERT E. LEE
- Commands Army of
Northern Virginia
- President of the
Washington
University (Lee
added Later)
ULYSSES S. GRANT
“I only know two tunes. One is ‘Yankee Doodle’ the other isn’t.”
ULYSSES S. GRANT
-Born in Point
Pleasant, Ohio
ULYSSES S. GRANT
-Born in Point
Pleasant, Ohio
- West Point
Graduate (mid)
ULYSSES S. GRANT
-Mexican War
(Zach Taylor)
Grant at the siege of Mexico City
ULYSSES S. GRANT
-Mexican War
(Zach Taylor)
-- leather shop
(Galena, IL)
ULYSSES S. GRANT
-Wins Shiloh,
ULYSSES S. GRANT
-Wins Shiloh,
Vicksburg
ULYSSES S. GRANT
-Wins Shiloh,
Vicksburg
-“I can’t
spare this
man - he
fights”
(Lincoln)
ULYSSES S. GRANT
-Commander of all
Union armies after
victory at
Chattanooga
ULYSSES S. GRANT
-Commander of all
Union armies after
victory at
Chattanooga
- 18th President
(1869-1877)