[vannrox]

I thought that this was a very good read.

[Restorer]

At the outbreak of the War Between the States, Lee was offered a command in the Union Army but turned it down when his home state of Virginia was invaded.

Chronologically incorrect. Lee resigned from the Union Army after VA seceded, but well before it was "invaded."

[HiJinx]

as did his father, Lighthorse Harry Lee in the American Revolution

I agree, this is a very good read, but...
There is something like an 80-year span between the Revolution and the Civil War.
Are we sure Harry Lee is Rob't. E.'s father? (I'm ignorant on this point, if he is, I apologize...)

[Crustacean]

What exactly is heroic about killing fellow Americans for the right to enslave a race of people stolen from their homeland?

[aomagrat]

Robert E. Lee Bump!

[billbears]

a man who loved God, loved his family, was a man of honor and virtue and a man of his word.

That right there makes him a hero in my book and men like this have not been seen in United States government for a long, long time.

[Frank Grimes]

After the war Lee took the presidency of Washington College, which eventually became Washington and Lee University, and helped the school come out of some very hard times. The university ranks among the best today.

This is My Cousin

[goodieD]

Thank you for this post. General Lee was a shining example of manhood, a role model indeed.