FIGHTING OVER “ROONEY” LEE’S SON
Jul 23, 2019
3 minutes
I read with great interest the August 2019 piece about Robert E. Lee Jr. Ithoughtfellow readers might find this related item of interest. There was a Robert E. Lee III who was the son of the great general’s second son, William “Rooney” Lee, who became a major general in the cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia.
Lee III’s life would be relatively uneventful when compared to his father and grandfather. He became a lawyer practicing in Washington, D.C. Things
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