Meet Robert E. Lee

General Lee was born on January 19, 1807, being the son of Revolutionary hero, Henry ‘Lighthorse’ Lee and Anne Hill Carter of the famed Hill Carter families.  Robert moved to Alexandra at an early age and began his education as well as taking care of his  mother.   He received an appointment to West Point in 1825 and 4 years later graduated 2nd in his class, receiving not one demerit while there.  This feat has still not been duplicated.  He began his service with the Corp of Engineers and traveled extensively in the South and West.  He married the great granddaughter of George and Martha Washington. Their marriage yielded 7 children.  He served in the Mexican War and brevetted 3 times for bravery.  He served in Texas and was called upon to capture John Brown at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.  When war clouds loomed over Washington, he was offered command of the Army of the Potomac but yielded to the voice of his beloved Virginia.  He gave up everything to follow what he felt was his honorable duty.  He served as an advisor to President Davis, fought a disastrous campaign on Cheat Mountain, fortified the coastal line of South, and when General Johnston, his friend, was severely wounded, he took command.  In ninety days he pushed the overwhelming numbers of Union forces from the gates of Richmond all the way back across the Potomac River, and challenged Washington when he took the fight to their soil.  For Four years he fought and became loved and respected as a soldier.  But after Appomattox, he returned to Virginia an ailing man but one determined to share the misfortunes of his people.  He was destitute and took a job as president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia, where he embraced education as the saving grace of the South.  But his legacy is of the Christian essence of his character.  This is his saga.  This is his legend.  This is the man, the Christian General known as the Man of Marble, Robert Edward Lee.  Listen, as the legend continues...

David Chaltas is nationally recognized living historian and educator.  He won the coveted 2001 Teacher of the Year by the KY Council of Children with Behavioral Disorders, being the 1st recipient in the state of Kentucky.  His Alternative Education and Day Treatment Center won Program of the Year by the International Association of Directors of Pupil Personnel.  He is a sought after speaker nationally is an accomplished writer.  He has written 23 books including The Legend and Legacy of Lee, Poetry of the Civil War, When Ravens Dance, and The Fading of the Grey.  He has the commander of the SCV Colonel Ben Caudill Camp and compiled a book for the camp entitled, Confederate Kin I and II.  He coauthored books with his writing partner entitled Appalachian Rebels, The Search For Butternut, and Brothers Once More.  His plays (Shadows of Gettysburg and 4 Women: 1 War) have been performed at different theatres.  He is the Hardee’s Division Chaplain,  AoT and AoTT Chief of Staff/Inspecting General.  He is a proud member of the Southern Guard, Tennessee Valley Battalion, KY Cavalry Brigade, Hardee’s Brigade, and North South Alliance.  He travels the country providing a first-hand glimpse into the persona of Robert E. Lee and offering a look into the Christian essence of character.  He was recently appointed as the SCV Army of Tennessee Chaplain.

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