Robert E Lee Nicknames Marble Man

Lee s 1870 death mask by clark mills is on display in the national portrait gallery on loan from washington lee university.

Robert e lee nicknames marble man.

Lee s famous nickname at west point given by a classmate who saw him riding by was the marble man a distinctly curious image to apply to an 18 or 19 year old boy. He graduated without a single defaulter. The marble man carries on the re analysis of lee s generalship implicit in fuller s work and goes beyond that to analyze lee as a person. Later in his personal and.

Lee s nicknames are documented in this site. Lee by lewis f. Lee won the race. Nickname given to lee by his west point classmates as he was the model student.

Lee had several nicknames given to him marbel model granny lee the great tycoon the king of spades the old man marse robert and bobby lee. Connelly does not stop there for lee is the paragon of the lost cause theory of the civil war. In more modern times the uss robert e. At westpoint he was referred to as the marble man because he was simply too perfect.

Lee was both a military genius and a spiritual leader considered by many southerners and nonsoutherners alike to have been a near saint. Connelly believes the lost cause theory is not based upon historical fact but upon a quasi religious. The problem with lee as an historical character is that he was almost too good of a person. Early life and u s.

Lee in full robert edward lee born january 19 1807 stratford hall westmoreland county virginia u s died october 12 1870 lexington virginia u s. Lee s death mask exists in counterpoint to the appellation that he was given during his days at west point. Robert e lee nickname. I have to be honest and say that i had never heard general robert e lee called the marble man but it intrigued me so i looked it up on the internet and it says the impression left by historians that lee represented perfection a human being without.

The marble model or the marble man. In the marble man a leading civil war military historian examines the hold of lee on the american mind and traces the campaign in historiography that elevated him to national hero status. The making of robert e.