| 1807 |
January 9 |
Robert Edward Lee is born at 'Stratford', Westmoreland County, Virginia |
| 1829 |
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Lee graduates from the United States Military Academy at West Point. |
| 1831 |
May 7 |
Arrives at Fortress Monroe for duty. |
| 1831 |
June 30 |
Robert Edward Lee and Mary Anne Custis marry. |
| 1832 |
September 16 |
George Washington Custis Lee is born. BIO |
| 1835 |
July 22 |
Mary Lee is born. |
| 1837 |
May 30 |
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee is born. BIO |
| 1839 |
June 18 |
Annie Carter Lee is born. |
| 1841 |
February 27 |
Elanore Agnes Lee is born. |
| 1843 |
October 27 |
Robert Edward Lee, Jr., is born. |
| 1846 |
February 10 |
Mildred Childe Lee is born. |
| 1852 |
September 1 |
Lee assumes his duties as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point. |
| 1853 |
July 17 |
Lee is Confirmed into the Episcopal Church. |
| 1859 |
October 17 |
Lee is ordered to the War Department in regards to John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. 1859 |
| 1859 |
October 18 |
Lee leads a command of United States Marines to capture John Brown and his cohorts at Harpers Ferry. |
| 1860 |
February 9 |
Lee is ordered to San Antonio, Texas, to take command of the Department of Texas. |
| 1861 |
April 20 |
Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army. |
| 1861 |
May 14 |
Lee is appointed Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army. |
| 1861 |
June 14 |
Lee attains the rank of General in the Confederate States Army. |
| 1862 |
May 31 |
Joseph E. Johnston is wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines. |
| 1863 |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg. MORE |
| 1865 |
April 2 |
Lee orders the Abandonment of Petersburg, Virginia. |
| 1865 |
January 23 |
Lee is named General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States. |
| 1866 |
February 17 |
Lee appeares before the Joint Committee on Reconstruction on Capitol Hill. |
| 1870 |
October 12 |
Robert E. Lee dies in Lexington, Virginia |
| 1975 |
July 22 |
Congress Passed a law restoring Lee's Citizenship. |
| 1975 |
August 5 |
President Gerald Ford signs in to law the bill Congress passed restoring Lee's Citizenship to the United States. FORD'S LIBRARY |