That date is General Lee’s actual birthday. It’s more relevant to him than it is to Michael King, as it is General Lee’s actual birthday, and therefore he has more right to the date than does Michael King. If a date needs to be changed, it should be Michael King’s, as it has less relevance to him, unless it was chosen on purpose because it is Robert E Lee’s birthday.
Correction: January 19 is General Robert E. Lee’s birthday.
In addition to the General, let’s celebrate these birthday’s:
General James Longstreet - January 8,1821
General George C. Pickett - January 16,1825
General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson - January 21,1824
General J.E.B. Stuart - February 6,1833
General Pierre G.T. Beauregard - May 8,1818
Jefferson Davis - June 3,1808
General Nathan Bedford Forrest - July 13,1821
General A.P. Hill - November 9,1825 and
Colonel John Singleton Mosby(The Gray Ghost) - Dec. 6, 1833
When a Union General was asked why he could not capture Lee, responded: “Capture him? I have to go up a steep (A.P.) Hill, march down a Longstreet, and climb over a Stonewall just to see him.”
Deo vindice
Lee’s birthday is the 19th. Monday is the 16th. Kings is the 15th.