Robert E. Lee
1807 to 1870
5 documented presences
4 places
Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Robert E. Lee across 4 places, from 1807 to 1870. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general whose early actions in the American Civil War led to his appointment as the overall commander of the Confederate States Army near the end of the war.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Robert E. Lee was documented, and when
19 January 1807exact date
Stratford Hall (plantation)attested
“Robert Edward Lee was born at Stratford Hall Plantation in Westmoreland County, Virginia, to Henry Lee III and Anne Hill Carter Lee on January 19, 1807.”
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19 January 1807exact date
Westmoreland County, Virginiaattested
“Robert Edward Lee was born at Stratford Hall Plantation in Westmoreland County, Virginia, to Henry Lee III and Anne Hill Carter Lee on January 19, 1807.”
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1812year
West Indiesattested
“In 1812 Lee's father moved permanently to the West Indies.”
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October 1865month
Lexington, Virginiaattested
“He accepted an offer to serve as the president of Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) in Lexington, Virginia, and served from October 1865 until his death.”
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12 October 1870exact date
Lexington, Virginiaattested
“on October 12, 1870, Lee died in Lexington, Virginia, from pneumonia.”
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Places Robert E. Lee is documented in
Lexington, Virginia2 presences · 1865 to 1870
Stratford Hall (plantation)1 presence · 1807
West Indies1 presence · 1812
Westmoreland County, Virginia1 presence · 1807
Other places tied to Robert E. Lee in the record
In each of these, a source puts Robert E. Lee and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Robert E. Lee was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1807year
Fort Monroementioned
“While Lee was stationed at Fort Monroe, he married Mary Anna Randolph Custis (1807–1873), great-granddaughter of Martha Washington by her first husband Daniel Parke Custis, and step-great-granddaughter of George Washington, the first pre…”
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1810 to 1847period
Virginiamentioned
“Soon after his release in 1810 from his second stint, the family moved to the city of Alexandria which at the time was still part of the District of Columbia, which retroceded back to Virginia in 1847, both because there were then high q…”
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1823year
Alexandria, Virginiamentioned
“By the time he completed his education at Alexandria in 1823 he was certain that he ought to join West Point and become a soldier.”
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1825year
West Pointmentioned
“Lee entered West Point in the summer of 1825.”
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26 July 1829exact date
Ravensworth (plantation)mentioned
“After graduation, while awaiting assignment, he returned to Virginia to find his mother on her deathbed; she died at Ravensworth on July 26, 1829.”
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26 July 1829exact date
Virginiamentioned
“After graduation, while awaiting assignment, he returned to Virginia to find his mother on her deathbed; she died at Ravensworth on July 26, 1829.”
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11 August 1829exact date
Cockspur Islandmentioned
“On August 11, 1829, Brigadier General Charles Gratiot ordered Lee to Cockspur Island, Georgia.”
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1831year
Fort Monroementioned
“In 1831, it became apparent that the existing plan to build what became known as Fort Pulaski would have to be revamped, and Lee was transferred to Fort Monroe at the tip of the Virginia Peninsula (today in Hampton, Virginia).”
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1831year
Hampton, Virginiamentioned
“In 1831, it became apparent that the existing plan to build what became known as Fort Pulaski would have to be revamped, and Lee was transferred to Fort Monroe at the tip of the Virginia Peninsula (today in Hampton, Virginia).”
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30 June 1831exact date
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorialmentioned
“Robert and Mary married on June 30, 1831, at Arlington House, her parents' house just across the Potomac from Washington.”
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1852year
West Pointmentioned
“In 1852, Lee was appointed Superintendent of the Military Academy at West Point.”
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1855year
Texasmentioned
“Lee was enormously relieved to receive a long-awaited promotion as second-in-command of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment in Texas in 1855.”
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1856year
Mexicomentioned
“In an 1856 letter to his wife, he maintained that slavery was a great evil, but primarily due to adverse impact that it had on white people: Before leaving to serve in Mexico, Lee had written a will providing for the manumission of the s…”
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1859year
Pennsylvaniamentioned
“In 1859, three slaves at Arlington—Wesley Norris, his sister Mary, and a cousin of theirs—fled for the North, but were captured a few miles from the Pennsylvania border and forced to return to the plantation.”
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October 1859month
1861year
February 1861month
January 1863month
May 1863month
May 1863month
8 August 1863exact date
9 April 1865exact date
June 1865month
1869year
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