While living in the country, Lee wrote his son that he hoped to retire to a farm of his own, but a few weeks later he received an offer to serve as the president of Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) in Lexington, Virginia. Lee accepted, and remained president of the College from October 2, 1865 until his death on October 12, 1870. Over five years, he transformed Washington College from a small, undistinguished school into one of the first American colleges to offer courses in business, journalism, and Spanish. He also imposed a sweeping and breathtakingly simple concept of honor — "We have but one rule, and it is that every student is a gentleman" — that endures today at Washington and Lee and at a few other schools that continue to maintain "honor systems." Importantly, Lee focused the college on attracting male students from the North as well as the South. It was during this time that the Kappa Alpha Order, a national collegiate fraternity, was started at Washington College. Years later, Kappa Alpha Order would designate Lee as their "Spiritual Founder", providing a model of character for all members to model themselves after.
2006-07-24 05:04:57
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answered by MTSU history student 5
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After the war, Lee returned to Richmond as a paroled prisoner of war, and submitted with the utmost composure to an altered destiny. He devoted the rest of his life to setting an example of conduct for other thousands of ex-Confederates. He refused a number of offers which would have secured substantial means for his family. Instead, he assumed the presidency of Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) in Lexington, Virginia, and his reputation revitalized the school after the war. Lee's enormous wartime prestige, both in the North and South, and the devotion inspired by his unconscious symbolism of the "Lost Cause" made his a legendary figure even before his death. He died on October 12 1870, of heart disease which had plagued him since the spring of 1863, at Lexington, Va. and is buried there. Somehow, his application for restoration of citizenship was mislaid, and it was not until the 1970's that it was found and granted.
You can check some web. as below :
americancivilwar.com/north/grant.html
www.civilwarhome.com/leebio.htm
www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/leaders.htm
2006-07-24 08:24:31
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answered by canada2006 5
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I hope your question is serious cause here's a serious anser for it. Immediately following the war, Lee spent two months in a rented house in Richmond, and then escaped the unwelcome city life by moving into the overseer's house of a friend's plantation near Cartersville.
While living in the country, Lee wrote his son that he hoped to retire to a farm of his own, but a few weeks later he received an offer to serve as the president of Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) in Lexington, Virginia. Lee accepted, and remained president of the College from October 2, 1865 until his death on Septermber 28, 1870.
2006-07-24 04:34:46
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answered by Vincent H 1
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Following the war Lee was almost tried as a traitor, but was only left with his civil rights suspended. Lee was offered the post of President of Washington University where he served until his death in 1870. The school was later renamed Washington and Lee. As a final note President Gerald Ford had Lee's citizenship restored.
2006-07-24 04:33:19
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answered by Justsyd 7
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After the war Lee became president of Washington College (now Washington and Lee Univ.). Although President Andrew Johnson never granted him the official amnesty for which he applied, Lee nevertheless urged the people of the South to work for the restoration of peace and harmony in a united country.
2006-07-24 04:32:41
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answered by Anonymous
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Lee and many different Southern leaders fought interior the Mexican American war, provide changed into the purely northern ordinary who did. subsequently promises certainty earlier he changed into recalled to duty. The North will loose the war if i'm no longer recalled. He changed into the purely Northern ordinary who understood Southern field approaches. i experience provide turned right into a more effective infantry ordinary than Lee. yet Lee, and Stonewall, were some distance more effective Calvary leaders. decrease and reduce, were provide changed into more effective carry and out flank them. With Burnside an fantastically good Napoleonic stratagem yet tearable field chief. So Burnside to inform him were the weak spot changed into and provide to rigidity it. And the Il. ordinary positioned up carry close, horse hater, political employ as his calvary chief to keep StoneWall from reducing his rear lines. Cant keep in mind his call yet an fantastically good Calvary chief. more effective than Custer by using some distance. And wrote the e book for Shermans march to the sea. Our most useful ordinary in our heritage. Mad Anthony Wane. under no circumstances lost a skirmish,under no circumstances lost a engagement,under no circumstances lost a conflict. retired from 2 wars undefeated.. Mad he changed into. In all he did yet war.
2016-11-25 21:26:32
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answered by ? 4
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Became president of Washington College.
2006-07-24 04:52:13
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answered by Who cares 5
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Eat loads of toast and became the Toast King of the Southern States. Amen.
2006-07-24 04:33:40
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answered by wiz 4
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He was the President of Washington College in Virginia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Lee
2006-07-24 04:32:59
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answered by MEL T 7
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He went to scotland and opened a chocolate macaroon bar factory, Lees Lees more if you please,all of us beg on our bended knees,from picaninnys to grandpapas it,s lees for luscious macaroon bars.
2006-07-25 03:31:32
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answered by Anonymous
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