Robert Edward "Rob" Lee Jr.
Born: October 27, 1843
Birthplace: Arlington House, Arlington, Virginia
Father: General Robert Edward Lee 1807 – 1870
(Buried: Lee Chapel Museum, Lexington, Virginia)
Mother: Mary Anna Randolph Custis 1808 – 1873
(Buried: Lee Chapel Museum, Lexington, Virginia)
1st Wife: Charlotte Taylor Haxall 1848 – 1872
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
2nd Wife: Juliet Carter 1860 – 1915
(Buried: Lee Chapel Museum, Lexington, Virginia)
Children:
Anne Carter Lee Ely 1897 – 1978
(Buried: Ivy Hill Cemetery, Upperville, Virginia)
Mary Custis Lee DeButts 1900 – 1994
(Buried: Ivy Hill Cemetery, Upperville, Virginia)
Education:
Attended University of Virginia
Civil War Career:
1862: Private Rockbridge Artillery
1862: His father didn’t recognize him at the Battle of Antietam
Captain and Aide to his brother George Washington Custis Lee
Wartime Anecdote:
"He frightened the family near the end of the war by disappearing for nearly a month after his horse was wounded on the retreat from Petersburg. By the time he had found another, the Federals were between him and his father's army. He turned south and was in the room in Greensboro, North Carolina, when Jefferson Davis got confirmation that the elder Lee had surrendered at Appomattox.”
Occupation after War:
Owner and Farmer of Romancoke Plantation in King William County
1904: Author of Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee
Died: October 19, 1914
Place of Death: Upperville, Virginia
Cause of Death: Apoplexy and Paralysis
Age at time of Death: 70 years old
Burial Place: Lee Chapel Museum, Lexington, Virginia
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