Five southern state celebrate the birth of this general on January 19th.
- The Marquis de Lafayette
- Robert E. Lee
- Nathaniel Greene
- Thomas Jackson
Five southern state celebrate the birth of this general on January 19th.
Robert E. Lee. Lee was born in 1807, the son of “Light Horse” Harry Lee, one of George Washington’s favorite officers. Lee graduate top of his class at West Point and was commissioned into the Army Corps of Engineers.