Robert E. Lee may have admired George Washington because he married Mary Anne Randolph while stationed at Fort Monroe, who was the step-great granddaughter of Washington (great granddaughter of Martha Washington).
Grant decided not to return to Washington but to instead continue attacking Lee after the Battle of the Wilderness because the battle made him realize that Lee had very few reserves. He knew that if he continued to attack every day, he would eventually the Confederates down.
Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia (near Washington, D.C.)
I know that somewhere down the line she is related to George Washington. He accually married into the fame, he wasn't born with it.
In August 1862, Union General Halleck's alternate plan to defeat Lee's Confederate troops was to advance on Lee from two directions, Washington and the peninsula. The combined armies might have been able to knock out Lee's forces, however, he didn't give them enough time to regroup.
George washington was the one who got this saying.
Robert E Lee
his buttcheeks
Ford Washington Lee's birth name is Ford Lee Washington.
Lee became president of Washington College, which is now Washington & Lee University.
Because he was the president of the united states.
His Half Brother Lawrence
President of Washington College, later changed to Washington and Lee College.
Washington-Lee High School was created in 1925.
washington university, after he died it became washington and lee university
He served as the President of Washington College (currently Washington and Lee University).
Not the University of VA, but at Washington College- now known as Washington & Lee university.
Dinah Washington was born Ruth Lee Jones. It is not known who gave her the name Dinah Washington.