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social science subjects > business and management > leadership (business) > leadership (military) > Robert E. Lee

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Robert E. Lee  

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  • Military leader Robert E. Lee is best known for his military leadership of the Confederate States of America during the U. S. Civil War. As the commanding general of the Army of Northern Virginia, Lee was widely respected as a brilliant, bold, and daring military strategist who upheld a personal code of honor, integrity, and self-discipline. [Source: Encyclopedia of Leadership; Lee, Robert E. (1807–1870)]

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