Inside Lee Chapel in Lexington VA HD
Taped in Lexington, VA June 2014
R. David Cox on Lee Chapel at 150
Historic Lexington Foundation will sponsor a presentation by R. David Cox on his new book, Lee Chapel at 150, which commemorates the 150th anniversary of Washington and Lee University's chapel. Dr. Cox will discuss the challenges of the planning, the design, and the purpose of the chapel and it's evolution.
Virginia Military Institute - Lexington, Virginia
Still pics and HD video of my visit to the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia on 7/23/15. Includes pics of the VMI campus, chapel, and the VMI Museum.
Sleep Inn & Suites Lexington in Lexington VA
Reserve: . . .. .. ... . . . . . . . . . Sleep Inn & Suites Lexington 95 Maury River Road Lexington VA 24450 The Sleep Inn & Suites hotel is located just one mile from Washington and Lee University and Virginia Military Institute, and is close to Southern Virginia University. This hotel is minutes from popular attractions like the Virginia Horse Center, George C. Marshall Museum and the Theater at Lime Kiln. The Virginia Military Institute Museum, Lee Chapel and Museum, Stonewall Jackson House and the Natural Bridge Zoo are also nearby. Full-service hotel amenities and features include free breakfast, free high-speed Internet access in all rooms, free local calls, free weekday newspaper, lobby computer with printer. Guests can also enjoy the exercise room, hot tub and indoor heated pool. This hotel provides business travelers with access to copy and fax services. A meeting room is available for business functions. All guest rooms include refrigerators, microwaves, hair dryers, irons, ironing boards, large desks and coffee makers. Non-smoking rooms can be requested. Guest laundry facilities are located on the property.
Washington Lee University
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Lee Chapel located at Washington Lee University in Lexington Virginia. Inside is a marble statue to Robert E Lee who is interred downstairs in the same building. Out of respect for the Lee family the down stairs is not shown in this video. Also shown is Lee's Office when he was president of the college. The office and its contents were left mostly as Lee had left them just before he passed away in 1870.
Music - Acoustic Guitar BY Audionautix
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Robert E. Lee After the Civil War (Virginia Time Travel)
Post Civil War career of Robert E. Lee:
From timetravel21:
The Great American History Blog:
Exploring Robert E. Lee’s connections to George Washington
Robert E. Lee was the son of a Revolutionary War hero who was a trusted aide to George Washington. In 1861, after 25 years in the U.S. Army, Lee turned down an offer to command Union forces in the Civil War. That decision is the subject of a new book, “The Man Who Would Not Be Washington.” Judy Woodruff talks to author Jonathan Horn about choices that change history.
Letter Signed by General Robert E. Lee found in Virginia Home
We found a letter signed by Robert E. Lee in the attic of an historic home in Petersburg, Virginia.
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Interview with General Robert E Lee
First Manassas at Cedar Creek
Get Mr. Palmer's full life story as General Lee, as well as President Davis and General Longstreet (Jim Bazo and Ron Hawkins) here:
All three men are the sanctioned performers at the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia (The Confederate White House).
The first meeting with Dave Palmer, who would become our official Robert E. Lee at Confederate Pictures. At Cedar Creek earlier in 2006, at the First Manassas event, Tony Daniels had suggested him as a first choice of a General Lee, and based upon his recommendation, we traveled to the Locust Grove Reenactment in Walkertown, Virginia to see him, and meet with him there. (Locust Grove is a wonderful event sponsored by my buddies in the Peninsula Artillery!)
This is that original interview
Robert E Lee's Grave
Robert E Lee's Grave
Remembering Robert E. Lee 2017 with Kenneth Noe, Weather and Lee's Cheat Mountain Campaign
Lee Chapel and Museum presents “Remembering Robert E. Lee” with a speech by noted historian, professor and author Dr. Kenneth Noe on Monday, Oct. 9, at 12:15 p.m. in Lee Chapel.
The title of Noe’s talk is “A Storm to Destroy My Hopes: Weather and Robert E. Lee’s Cheat Mountain Campaign.”
Remembering Robert E. Lee 2014 with Dr. Christian B. Keller, “Robert E. Lee, Great Captain”
Lee Chapel and Museum presents “Remembering Robert E. Lee” with a speech by noted historian, professor and author Dr. Christian B. Keller. Keller is professor of history in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pa. The title of Keller’s talk is “Robert E. Lee, Great Captain: The Military Education of a Future Civilian Leader.”
Hampton Inn Lexington-Historic District - Lexington, Virginia
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Step onto the beautiful grounds of the Hampton Inn Lexington-Historic District hotel, and be mesmerized. Nestled on seven acres, you'll find our breathtaking historic manor house—the Col Alto Mansion. Stay in a room that features contemporary touches or one of the 10 restored manor rooms offering a glimpse into the past. Take a short walk and you'll discover Washington and Lee University. While there, be sure to see the historic landmark Lee Chapel and Museum. Pay respect to 'Stonewall' Jackson, a Confederate general during the Civil War at his gravesite, Stonewall Jackson Memorial cemetery. Visit Virginia Military Institute, one of six senior military colleges in the United States. Discover the beauty of nature at Natural Bridge, one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Our hotel is within walking distance of downtown Lexington, offering a range of fine restaurants and great shopping opportunities.
Enjoy your stay in the Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson or the Washington and Lee Room featuring period decor. Relax in guest rooms and accessible rooms with king or queen bed room types. Our rooms feature a 37-inch LCD HD TV with cable channels, lap desk, free high-speed internet access, and some rooms with wet-bar, refrigerator, and microwave. Get lost in time when you stay at our historic manor house hotel.
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Lee Chapel Event Space
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ROBERT E. LEE, RICHMOND, VA, 1865
These images of Lee were taken by Mathew Brady at Lee's home in Richmond, VA., on April 16, 1865, one week after the war ended.
Back in 1993 I did a 4' by 5' oil of Lee in his chair, made up pretty much the same as you see here. The painting is now at the Samuel B. Maxey Museum in Paris, Texas.
In this presentation of Lee I got him to move, ..... it's harder to do than it looks.
Much time was spent cleaning up the images before the move sequence was even put together . .... Enjoy!
Civil War Biography: General Robert E. Lee
Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was an American and Confederate soldier, best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army. He commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865.
A son of Revolutionary War officer Henry Light Horse Harry Lee III, Lee was a top graduate of the United States Military Academy and an exceptional officer and military engineer in the United States Army for 32 years. During this time, he served throughout the United States, distinguished himself during the Mexican–American War, and served as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy.
General Lee's Personal Connection to Arlington Cemetery
At the end of the Civil War, both Union and Confederate soldiers were buried in Arlington. This laid the groundwork for a truly national cemetery.
From: ARLINGTON: CALL TO HONOR
Robert E. Lee's last moment of heroism
Robert E. Lee contributed more toward reconciliation with the Union than any other man in America. At the end of the war he knelt next to an ex-slave at a church in Richmond. Here is the narrative of that event.
Robert E. Lee: Quotes, Interesting Facts, Military Tactics, Career, History (1998)
At the outbreak of war, Lee was appointed to command all of Virginia's forces, but upon the formation of the Confederate States Army, he was named one of its first five full generals. Lee did not wear the insignia of a Confederate general, but only the three stars of a Confederate colonel, equivalent to his last U.S. Army rank.[85] He did not intend to wear a general's insignia until the Civil War had been won and he could be promoted, in peacetime, to general in the Confederate Army.
Lee's first field assignment was commanding Confederate forces in western Virginia, where he was defeated at the Battle of Cheat Mountain and was widely blamed for Confederate setbacks.[86] He was then sent to organize the coastal defenses along the Carolina and Georgia seaboard, appointed commander, Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida on November 5, 1861. Between then and the fall of Fort Pulaski, April 11, 1862, he put in place a defense of Savannah that proved successful in blocking Federal advance on Savannah. Confederate fort and naval gunnery dictated night time movement and construction by the besiegers. Federal preparations required four months. In those four months, Lee developed a defense in depth. Behind Fort Pulaski on the Savannah River, Fort Jackson was improved, and two additional batteries covered river approaches.[87] In the face of the Union superiority in naval, artillery and infantry deployment, Lee was able to block any Federal advance on Savannah, and at the same time, well-trained Georgia troops were released in time to meet McClellan's Peninsula Campaign. The City of Savannah would not fall until Sherman's approach from the interior at the end of 1864.
At first, the press spoke to the disappointment of losing Fort Pulaski. Surprised by the effectiveness of large caliber Parrott Rifles in their first deployment, it was widely speculated that only betrayal could have brought overnight surrender to a Third System Fort. Lee was said to have failed to get effective support in the Savannah River from the three sidewheeler gunboats of the Georgia Navy. Although again blamed by the press for Confederate reverses, he was appointed military adviser to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, the former U.S. Secretary of War. While in Richmond, Lee was ridiculed as the 'King of Spades' for his excessive digging of trenches around the capitol. These trenches would later play a pivotal role in battles near the end of the war.
Following the wounding of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston at the Battle of Seven Pines, on June 1, 1862, Lee assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia, his first opportunity to lead an army in the field. Early in the war, his men called him Granny Lee because of his allegedly timid style of command.[89] Confederate newspaper editorials of the day objected to his appointment due to concerns that Lee would not be aggressive and would wait for the Union army to come to him. He oversaw substantial strengthening of Richmond's defenses during the first three weeks of June. In the spring of 1862, as part of the Peninsula Campaign, the Union Army of the Potomac under General George B. McClellan advanced upon Richmond from Fort Monroe, eventually reaching the eastern edges of the Confederate capital along the Chickahominy River. Lee then launched a series of attacks, the Seven Days Battles, against McClellan's forces. Lee's assaults resulted in heavy Confederate casualties. They were marred by clumsy tactical performances by his division commanders, but his aggressive actions unnerved McClellan, who retreated to a point on the James River and abandoned the Peninsula Campaign. These successes led to a rapid turnaround of Confederate public opinion, and the newspaper editorials quickly changed their tune on Lee's aggressiveness. After the Seven Days Battles until the end of the war his men called him simply Marse Robert, a term of respect and affection.
This stunning Unionist setback—followed by an alarming drop in Northern morale[90]—impelled Lincoln to adopt a new policy of relentless, committed warfare.[91] Three weeks after the Seven Days Battles, Lincoln informed his cabinet that he intended to issue an executive order to free slaves as a military necessity.