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1807 – 1870Robert E. Lee (1807-1870)Died 12 October 1870, aged 63Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, died in Lexington, Virginia, on 12 October 1870. After the war he served as president of Washington College, now Washington and Lee University. He remains one of the most studied and debated military figures in American history.