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Dates of Rank[edit]
| Rank | Date | Unit | Component |
|---|---|---|---|
 Second Lieutenant |
July 1, 1829[1] | Corps of Engineers | United States Army |
 First Lieutenant |
September 21, 1836[2] | Corps of Engineers | United States Army |
 Captain |
August 7, 1838[3] | Corps of Engineers | United States Army |
 Brevet Major § |
April 18, 1847[4] | Corps of Engineers | United States Army |
 Brevet Lieutenant Colonel † |
August 20, 1847[5] | Corps of Engineers | United States Army |
 Brevet Colonel ‡ |
September 13, 1847[6] | Corps of Engineers | United States Army |
| Lieutenant Colonel |
March 3, 1855[7] | 2nd Cavalry Regiment | United States Army |
| Colonel |
March 16, 1861[8] | 1st Cavalry Regiment | United States Army |
| Major General | April 22, 1861[9] | Virginia Militia | |
 General |
June 14, 1861[10] | Confederate States Army | |
| General-in-Chief |
January 23, 1865[11] | Confederate States Army |
- § Breveted for conduct in the Battle of Cerro Gordo
- † Breveted for conduct in Battles of Contreras and Churubusco
- ‡ Breveted for conduct in Battle of Chapultepec
U.S. Army Assignments[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Cullum, George (1891). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. From Its Establishment In 1802 to 1890 with the Early History of the United States Military Academy. New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. p. 420.
- ^ Cullum 1891, p. 420
- ^ Cullum 1891, p. 420
- ^ Cullum 1891, p. 420
- ^ Cullum 1891, p. 420
- ^ Cullum 1891, p. 421
- ^ Cullum 1891, p. 421
- ^ Cullum 1891, p. 421
- ^ Trudeau, Noah (2009). Robert E. Lee: Lessons in Leadership. New York: Palgrave MacMillan. p. 37. ISBN 9780230103443.
- ^ Eicher, John & David (2001). Civil War High Commands. New York: Stanford University Press. p. 807. ISBN 0804736413.
- ^ Eicher, John & David (2001). Civil War High Commands. New York: Stanford University Press. p. 69. ISBN 0804736413.
- ^ Cullum 1891, p. 420
- ^ Cullum 1891, p. 420
- ^ Cullum 1891, p. 420
- ^ Cullum 1891, p. 420
- ^ Cullum 1891, p. 420
- ^ Cullum 1891, p. 420
- ^ Cullum 1891, p. 420
- ^ Cullum 1891, p. 420-421
- ^ Cullum 1891, p. 421
- ^ Cullum 1891, p. 421
- ^ Cullum 1891, p. 421
- ^ Cullum 1891, p. 421
- ^ Cullum 1891, p. 421
- ^ Cullum 1891, p. 421
- ^ Cullum 1891, p. 421
- ^ Nelligan, Murray (205). Arlington House, The Story of the Robert E. Lee Memorial. Virginia: Chatelaine Press. p. 248. ISBN 1574200798.
- ^ Cullum 1891, p. 421
Bibliography[edit]
- Blassingame, John W. (July 1977). Slave Testimony: Two Centuries of Letters, Speeches, Interviews, and Autobiographies. Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-8071-0273-3.
- Davis, William C. (1999). The Commanders of the Civil War. London: Salamander Books Ltd. ISBN 1-84065-105-9.
{{cite book}}:|first2=missing|last2=(help) - Fellman, Michael (2000). The Making of Robert E. Lee. Random House. ISBN 0-679-45650-3.
- Freeman, Douglas S. (1934). R. E. Lee, A Biography. Charles Scribner's Sons.
- Hughes, Nathaniel C., Jr.; Liddell, St. John R. (1997). Liddell's Record. Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-2218-1.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Lee, Edmund Jennings (1983). Lee of Virginia 1642–1892. Genealogical Publishing Company. ISBN 0-8063-0604-1.
- Nolan, Alan T. (1991). Lee Considered: General Robert E. Lee and Civil War History. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-4587-6.
- McPherson, James M. (2008). Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief. Penguin Press. ISBN 978-1440652455.
- Thomas, Emory M. (1995). Robert E. Lee. W.W. Norton & Co. ISBN 978-0-393-31631-5.