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Robert E. Lee

 
Robert E. Lee

Captain Robert E. Lee served as an engineer under the command of General Winfield Scott. Years later, Lee would receive the rank of general and be appointed by Jefferson Davis as commander of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870

Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, Matthew Brady Collection, Washington D.C.

 
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