Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 ¨C October 12, 1870), an American professional soldier, was born on January 19, 1806 (December 11, 1806), the coalition general Robert Edward Lee during the Northern War. Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 ¨C October 12, 1870), an American professional soldier, was the most outstanding general of the Allied States during the Northern War. He eventually commanded the Allied States armies as commander-in-chief. Like the ancient Hannibal and Erwin Rommel, he won a long reputation for his victorious but ultimately invincible situation. After the war, he actively promoted the reconstruction and became the progressive university chief in the last few years of his life. General Lee held the representative and important educator image of the Allied States. As of 1825, he entered the US Army