Li's family is one of the oldest and most prominent families in American history. The earliest member of the Lee family who set foot on American soil was Thomas Lee, the founder of the Ohio company. As a traditional British aristocrat, he was a member of The governing Council of the colony and the governor of Dzheniya. Thomas Lee is rich, with 16, acres of plantations in Florida, Dzheniya and Maryland, and he is also one of the people with the largest number of slaves in the whole colonial area. Thomas died in 175, leaving a lot of wealth and eight children. The eldest son, Philip Li Jicheng, inherited this huge legacy and became the new head of the family.

It was followed by the wave of demands for independence from thirteen colonies in North America. Although Britain defeated France in the "Seven Years' War" and became the master of the North American colonies, it had to face the huge debts caused by the war. In the end, the money was added to the colonies, and various new taxes were endless. What followed was a growing voice against Britain, and Virginia, as one of the oldest colonies, was ahead of this trend. Of course, the Li family can't stay out of it, and they stand on the side of insisting on independence. Francis Lightfoot Lee, one of the Lee brothers, also participated in the early and signing of the Declaration of Independence as one of the representatives of Dzheniya. At the same time, Thomas Lee's eldest daughter Mattie Lee's cousin and husband Henry Lee III soon joined the Continental Army led by George Washington and became a dragoon officer. He once conducted a successful raid in Paulus Hook, New Jersey, and captured 4 stunned Royal Infantry alive at the cost of only one soldier being injured. Later, he won the nickname "Light Horse Harry" and became the best cavalry commander under Washington. He followed him to the North and South until Yorktown, and was also regarded as a "national hero" by public opinion after the war. In 179, Mathilda Lee died of typhoid fever, and it was also left to Henry Lee's estate in Stefrad, Dzheniya, which was once a part of Thomas Lee's estate. In 1793, Henry Lee remarried and took Ann Hill Carte as his wife. Fourteen years later, on 19th, 1871, Henry Li Lao came to give birth to his son. He named this healthy and strong baby boy robert edward lee. And this baby later became a more influential figure in American history than his father, which of course was not foreseen by Henry Lee at that time.

Shortly after Li was born, the fate of the Li family began to turn. Henry Jae-Il Lee was defrauded of a large sum of money by his partners in the second investment activity, which immediately led to the instant decline of his family. Even because Henry Lee was unable to repay the debts he owed, he was thrown into the prison in Baltimore, and the independence hero became a prisoner. Henry Lee finally went into exile and died on his way home. This cast a huge shadow on Li Zao, who was still in his childhood, and also made him see the ruthlessness and cruelty of reality. The former heroes would end up like this, and then Li gradually developed a silent career. Li's mother also had to shoulder the difficult task of running this heavily indebted manor. Li has a noble family title since childhood, but he is actually a veritable poor boy. Most of his family's income is used to pay off debts, leaving only enough food and clothing for his family.

The current situation at home also leads to a precocious personality. I spend all my time with books and seldom go out to play like my peers. In 1825, when he was 18 years old, Li Yi successfully entered Yale University. However, when Li excitedly received the admission letter from Yale University, he had to face a major problem that his family could not afford to pay his tuition. Although his mother said that even if she borrowed money again, she would provide him with schooling, but Li knew her mother's hard work in recent years. In the end, Li reluctantly applied to West Point Military Academy, which is the only place where he can get a good higher education without paying tuition. West Point Military Academy quickly approved his application, and then Li left his hometown, Virginia, for the first time and went to the military academy in New York State. Li, in the military academy, successfully demonstrated his outstanding talent. He was ranked second in the 1825 session, and was awarded an outstanding honorary student, which was always praised by the lecturer. Treat classmates with humility and modesty, and never show off with your good grades. Be honest with others and never lose your temper with anyone. Four years later, the school wrote in the graduation evaluation that "outstanding performance in this life is really a rare top in our school in recent years." According to its performance at school, we have not found any bad shortcomings in this life. " After graduation, Li was awarded the rank of second lieutenant and sent to the Corps of Engineers.

During this period, Li met Mary Curtis, the great-granddaughter of the first president of the founding father of the country, and also the first heir of the Washington family at this time. Mary fell in love with the poor officer whose family fortune declined at first sight. On the contrary, Li felt that he was too far away from her to express his position and contact with her. In this way, after more than two years of long-distance love, they finally got married. After that, Lee naturally became the first spokesman of the Washington family, which inherited and took charge of the manor in Arlington, Dzheniya, which was only separated from the capital Washington by a big river named Potomac. After marriage, Li and Mary have six children, three men and three women.

in p>1836, Li was promoted to lieutenant, and two years later he was promoted to captain. Before the Mexican War, Li was responsible for many difficult and huge military and civilian facilities construction, which won unanimous praise. After the outbreak of the Mexican War, Li Cheng participated in the decisive Battle of Sal-Gotha for one of the staff officers of Winfield Scott, in which the US military completely defeated the main forces of Mexico. In the subsequent Battle of Chapel Pego, Li was even more prominent in fighting, successfully repelling the dominant Mexican army with two rear-side raids, and he was also injured in this battle. At the end of the Mexican war, Li was transferred back to China and was awarded the rank of major for his outstanding performance.

from 1852 to 1855, Li was appointed as the director of the West Point Military Academy. In 1856, Li was promoted to lieutenant colonel and sent to Houston, Texas to be in charge of the third cavalry brigade stationed there. Soon after, his wife Mary was seriously ill in bed due to severe arthritis, and was temporarily returned to Virginia to visit. In 1859, Lee ushered in an important event in American history, which was also regarded as the prelude to the Civil War, John Brown's rebellion. John Brown, a radical abolitionist, and about 3 followers occupied Harper's Ferry Arsenal, and took the managers of the Arsenal hostage. They immediately asked the government to declare the national slavery illegal, or they would detonate it together with the hostages and the Arsenal. At the same time, they also detained another famous person, Lewis Washington, who was the great grandson of George Washington, the father of the United States of America. Li, who is still on vacation, is in charge of quelling this terrorist act by the emergency signs of the Ministry of War. In the future, Stuart, the best cavalry general of the Confederate army, who was only a lieutenant at that time, became Li's assistant and * * * responded to the rebellion. At that time, Li rode from his home in Arlington to the incident because he was pressed for time and didn't even have time to wear his uniform and casual clothes. When Li and Stuart arrived and took over the local militia, Li planned to carry out bayonet assault at night to rescue the hostages. The rescue operation was directly directed by Stuart. At midnight, Stuart made a diversion and suddenly rushed in from the back door of the arsenal, disarming the other side and arresting him at a lightning speed. The whole operation lasted only 1 minutes, and there were no hostage casualties. A marine in the military died, Brown's two sons were killed, and he himself was injured and captured. Afterwards, both Lee and Stuart received military awards.

On the eve of the Civil War, when Li said goodbye to his wife and returned to Texas, with the independence of North Carolina, Texas also announced the establishment of the Republic. Lee was immediately expelled from Texas as an officer in the federal army, and Lee had to return to his home in Arlington. At this time, the domestic situation has become unstoppable, and the southern States have fiercely demanded independence and obtained state rights, while the northern Federation is also hysterically unwilling to give in. Some senators even declared in Congress that this is a good opportunity to completely solve the power dispute between the state government and the central federal government. The abolitionists also asked Lincoln to further implement his policy and completely abolish the slavery system; Lawmakers in the south criticized this as a violation of Lincoln's own pre-election promise, because Lincoln himself said that "if he is elected president, he will not end the reality of slavery in the south." Is the so-called coming events cast their shadows before them, Li also can't stay away from this right and wrong, although at this time, Dzheniya did not publicly declare independence.

As far as Li is concerned, he is a thorough humanitarian. Although he is a soldier whose occupation is killing, Li has felt guilty for being a soldier all his life. The same is true of slavery. Based on his own moral ideas, he has always opposed slavery. It is legal to keep slaves in his hometown of Virginia. However, when the later commander-in-chief of the Union Army and the postwar president of the United States, General Grant, now printed on the $5 bill, had not liberated all the slaves in his family, General Lee had taken the lead in liberating all the slaves in his family. According to my own words, slavery is a "moral and political evil" and "a great evil of white people". Li also has a unique view on the relationship between the central government and local governments. He once wrote in his diary that "the United States should be a United whole, and there is no such thing as North, South, West or East."

However, when the northern federal government announced that it would use military force to suppress the southern independent states, the state of Dzheniya immediately condemned the federal government, and the state legislature announced that the state of Dzheniya had seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy. At this time, I received a letter of appointment from the northern federal government, the War Department and President Lincoln personally, and prepared to promote him to Brigadier General of the Union Army. After receiving the letter for three days, Li never agreed with the idea of splitting the south. He loved the United States established by his father and his great-father-in-law However, based on his moral standpoint, he also disapproved of the North's use of force to solve the South's separatist demands. In his own opinion, he really can't fight with his hometown and relatives. On April 23, Lee refused the invitation of the federal government and accepted the request of the President of the Confederacy to take charge of the defense of Virginia. On August 31, Li was promoted to general and briefly served as commander-in-chief of the Confederate army for one month. Later, President Davis served concurrently, and Li served as chief of staff of the Confederate army. Then he began to take charge of the construction of coastal defense lines in South Calora and Georgia, in order to prevent the northern army from invading and landing through the advantage of the navy. In March 1862, Li returned to Richmond, the southern capital. In May, Mike Allen, commander-in-chief of the Union Army, led 1, troops to set out from Washington and land on the peninsula near Richmond along the lower Potomac River, and began the strategy war against Richmond. At this time, the first-line commander, General Winston, was just injured (Joseph E. Johnston), so you reorganized his corps as the chief of staff and became the head of the army. Li named his North Dzheniya Corps.

at the same time, Li promoted two generals as his deputies, one was "Stonewall”Jackson and the other was Gen. Longstreet, and these two men became Li's most outstanding right-hand men in the future. Li then began to launch an active attack on the invading North Army, which was the so-called "Seven-Day Campaign". Li Yiling's offensive slammed Mike Allen's weak right wing, which made the entire northern army command system at a loss. Later, it successfully disintegrated the counterattack of the northern army. After that, he paid a lot of casualties (about 1, people) and successfully drove the North Army out of Richmond. Finally, Mike Allen had to rely on the cover of naval guns to retreat hastily. After that, Li continued to March northward and defeated the northern army again in the second bull run. At this time, at Li's behest, "Stone Wall" Jackson raided the Harpers Ferry of the Union Army, which not only occupied it, but also captured 12, Union troops. At this time, Mike Allen was relieved of his post as commander of the Northern Army Potomac Corps.

on September 17th, 1862, the northern army put all its eggs in one basket and put a large number of troops into the battle of Antietam to stop Li's advance. The northern army entered the battle with absolute strength advantage, and Li resisted the almost crazy attack of the northern army with unusually strong defense. In the afternoon, Li personally took to the line of fire to boost fighting morale. In an anti-assault, Li's right arm was injured by a stray bullet. At the critical moment, his reinforcements, A.P. Hill, felt the battlefield and went into battle. Finally, Li Chenggong successfully repelled the North Army. However, the loss was too great, and there was no possibility of continuing to invade the north. Li won a tactical victory, but lost a strategic opportunity. Twenty-eight thousand people on both sides fell on the battlefield, which became the bloodiest day in American history. Li's army had to retreat to the south to rest, ending his first strategy to the north.

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However, in less than two months, on December 13th, 1862, Li won the most brilliant battle of the South China Army and the most miserable battle of the North Army in the Civil War-Fredericksburg, and completely defeated Ambrose Bernsater, the newly appointed commander of the Potomac Army. Li ingeniously introduced the North Army into the cross-firing area of his own artillery, relying on strong fortifications to resist the North Army's frontal offensive, while on both sides, he used nearly 3 artillery pieces to shoot nonstop. The northern army suffered a great blow here, and when the force could not retreat, they had to wade across the river west of Fort Fittleburg. At that time, the chaos and the gunfire and pursuit of the Confederate army made it a hell for the northern army. Later, Joseph Hooker took over the position of Bernsater, but his fate was not necessarily better than that of his predecessor. Then in May 1863, Li was attracted by Li's strong defense in the Battle of Chancellorsville.