General Lee

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
gptkbp:birthDate 1807-01-19
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Stratford_Hall,_Virginia,_United_States
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Lee_Chapel,_Washington_and_Lee_University
gptkbp:child gptkb:George_Washington_Custis_Lee
gptkb:Robert_E._Lee_Jr.
gptkb:William_Henry_Fitzhugh_Lee
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:U.S._postage_stamps
gptkb:Robert_E._Lee_Day_(various_states)
Confederate currency
gptkbp:deathDate 1870-10-12
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Lexington,_Virginia,_United_States
gptkbp:father gptkb:Henry_Lee_III
gptkbp:featuredIn gptkb:Ken_Burns'_The_Civil_War
gptkb:Gods_and_Generals_(film)
gptkb:Gettysburg_(film)
numerous Civil War reenactments
gptkbp:graduationYear 1829
gptkbp:honor Statues and memorials in the United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Lee
gptkbp:legacy Controversial figure in American history
Subject of historical revisionism
Symbol of the Confederacy
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:General
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Anne_Hill_Carter_Lee
gptkbp:name gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Confederate_States_of_America
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Antietam
gptkb:Battle_of_Chancellorsville
gptkb:Battle_of_Fredericksburg
gptkb:Battle_of_Gettysburg
gptkb:Appomattox_Campaign
gptkbp:notableFor Commander of the Confederate States Army
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:postwarUse President of Washington College
gptkbp:relatedTo George Washington (through marriage)
gptkbp:religion Episcopalian
gptkbp:signature Robert E Lee signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Anna_Custis_Lee
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Lost_Cause_of_the_Confederacy
numerous biographies
removal of Confederate monuments
historical debates on Civil War memory
gptkbp:surrenderedTo gptkb:Appomattox_Court_House
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Dukes_of_Hazzard
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5