Robert E. Lee Documentaries DVD

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The Life And Times Of Robert E. Lee, One Of America's Greatest Generals And Commander Of The Confederate Army Of Northern Virginia During The American Civil War, Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS As An Archival Quality All Regions Format DVD! #RobertELee #ArmyOfNorthernVirginia #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #MilitaryAcademyAtWestPoint #AmericanCivilWar #WarBetweenTheStates #ConfederateStatesOfAmerica #CSA #Confederacy #DVD


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CIVIL WAR GENERALS: ROBERT E. LEE (Color, 1989, 23 Minutes.)
A concise history of the man from his birth to privilege and duty to his tenure as president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia, while bringing out insights and highlights of his civil war service.

APPOINTMENT WITH DESTINY: SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX (Color, 1972, 43 Minutes.)
An excellent newsreel-like recreation of the events leading up to and including the surrender of Confederate forces lead by General Lee to the Union Army lead by General Ulysess S. Grant. Narrated by Hal Holbrook. Entertaining, informative and an excellent standard by which to judge other historical recreation documentaries.


January 19, 1807: Robert E. Lee (d. 1870) was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was a military leader of the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War, #born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was the son of a Revolutionary War hero, a graduate of West Point and served in the U.S. Army for 25 years preceding the Civil War. He fought under the command of Gen. Winfield Scott during the Mexican-American war, and was Superintendent of the Military Academy at West Point. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, he was offered command of the Union Army, but declined and instead accepted command of the military and naval forces of Virginia. He surrendered his army and the Confederate cause to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. His land estate became Arlington National Cemetary.