Robert E. Lee at age 31, then a young Lieutenant ... The college has since changed its name to Washington and Lee University. Lee assembles notes, letters and data in an effort to defend his ...

Without the money to attend a university, young Robert E. Lee instead entered ... After the war, Lee accepted the presidency of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia, where he died on October ...

Founded in 1749, Washington and Lee is the 9th oldest university in the United States. The school is named after George Washington and Robert E. Lee. Lee and his horse, Traveler, are buried on campus.

George Washington, the house is now associated more with the man who married into the family and lived there for 30 years — Civil War General Robert E. Lee. Congress dedicated the Arlington House in ...