What Is Robert Lee's First Field Command

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Robert Edward Lee was born in virginia, the fifth child of Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee 1756-1818 of Revolutionary War fame, by his second wife. He was slightly wounded in that war and earned three brevets to colonel. General Scott declared him to be “the very best soldier that I ever saw in the field.Lee’s first field command was in the western part of the state, where he failed to hold back invading Union forces in an area of strong pro-Union sentiment. He was recalled to Richmond, and from March 1862 he was military adviser to President Davis. From this position he was able to influence some operations, notably those of General Thomas Jackson in his Shenandoah Valley campaign.Robert E. Lee served as a military officer in the U.S. Army,

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