daughter of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and great-niece of Gen. Robert E. Lee, the Confederate chieftain, to Lieut. Lewis Brown, Jr., Seventh United States Cavalry, a native of Rhode Island. View Full Artic ...
No man proved a more worthy opponent to Ulysses S. Grant than Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Lee was born the fourth child of Colonel Henry Lee and Ann Hill Carter on January 19, 1807.