On both sides, Robert E. Leeās family had produced many of the dominant figures in the ruling class of Virginia. His father, Col. Henry (āLight-Horse Harryā) Lee, had been a cavalry leader during the American Revolution, a post-Revolution governor of Virginia, and the author of a popular congressional memorial eulogy to his friend George Washington.
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