Grant than Confederate General Robert E. Lee ... ranks and graduated second in the class of 1829. Lee first saw battle in the Mexican War, fought in 1846-48. He served as captain under General ...

West Point graduate Robert E. Lee of Virginia was such a celebrated warrior during the U.S.-Mexico War that his former mentor, Gen. Winfield Scott, asked him to lead Union forces against the South ...

Alabama and Mississippi Will Also Honor Robert E. Lee on Martin ... January birthdays. Lee was born Jan. 19, 1807. King was born Jan. 15, 1929. In the years after the Civil War, white politicians ...

Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.