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=Robert E. Lee=

Robert E. Lee was born on January 19, 1807 in Virginia. In 1829 he graduated from West Point Accademy and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutanent of Engineers. Although Robert E. Lee was opposed to slavery, when the Civil War began he decided to fight for the Confederacy. He decided to fight for the South because Virginia was a slave state and would fight against the Union, and Robert E. Lee did not want to fight against his friends and neighbors by joining the Union. He then became the General of the Confederate Army. Robert E. Lee was not the only highly trained officer to fight for the South, though. In fact, the South far outmatched the North in trained military officers, which would have allowed them to win the Civil War, had the North not had more soldiers and stronger economy to support their efforts. In 1865 Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, ending the Civil War. Later in history, Robert E. Lee was pardoned of all wrong doing by President Jimmy Carter.