Great timing ... I just looked it up and Robert E. Lee's birthday was on January 19, 1807. Great timing ... I just looked it up and Robert E. Lee's birthday was on January 19, 1807.For the last several years, a few friends and I open a bottle of Rebel Yell bourbon, and raise glasses to Marse Robert. It’s all we can do in the face of the despicable revisionism that’s occurring these days.