Running Against the Tide: True Tales from the Stud of the Sea

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Lee attended Eastern View, a school for young gentlemen, in Fauquier County, Virginia, and then at the Alexandria Academy, free for local boys, where he showed an aptitude for mathematics. They broadly agree that Lee sought to recapture a group of slaves who had escaped, and that, after recapturing them, he hired them out off of the Arlington plantation as a punishment; however, they disagree over the likelihood that Lee flogged them, and over the charge that he personally whipped Mary Norris.

Overall, an enjoyable and quick read that may give you a little perspective into the lives of people you wouldn't normally glimpse. His life starts out in Indiana and with an unexpected change of events, he and his wife, end up in Turks and Caicos.Lee chose to take the battle off southern ground and invaded Maryland and Pennsylvania, hoping to collect supplies in Union territory, and possibly win a victory that would sway the upcoming Union elections in favor of ending the war. Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, toward the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. He served across the United States, distinguished himself extensively during the Mexican–American War, and was Superintendent of the United States Military Academy.

There are various historical and newspaper hearsay accounts of Lee personally whipping a slave, but they are not direct eyewitness accounts. Some of this is funny and interesting; the fiascos encountered while becoming a captain, run-ins with the Coast Guard are entertaining. His legacy, and his views on race and slavery, have been the subject of continuing debate and historical controversy.

Lee duly moved there, then discharged all workers and informed the War Department he could not maintain laborers without the facilities of the fort. Captain mentioned he had 5 children in the beginning, but it would have been nice to learn how his career affected his family. While Lee helped assist individual slaves reach freedom in Liberia, and provided for their emancipation in his own will, [66] he believed slaves should be eventually freed in a general way only at some unspecified future date as a part of God's purpose.