Lee applied for a pardon from the United States government. When Robert returned to his home in Arlington, he found it had been turned into a national cemetery as punishment to him for abandoning the Union and fighting against them. Robert E. Lee than applied for citizenship to the United States. His citizenship papers were misplaced and in 1975, a century later, Robert E. Lee was awarded Witt 8citizenship in the United States. Lee had worked tirelessly for a strong peace in the United States. On August 4, 1865, Robert was elected to President of Washington College, Lexington, Virginia. He hesitantly accepted, and strove to equip students with the character and knowledge necessary to restore the war ravaged south. On February 4, 1867, Robert E. Lee declined to be a candidate for governor of Virginia (www.microd.com/~aetic/theman.htm 3).Then in 1870, Robert E. Lee went to Georgia in search of good health. Sadly on October 12 Robert E. Lee died of heart problems in Lexington. After his death, his name was joined with that of his lifelong hero, and Washington College became Washington and Lee University. Witt 9Works Cited Thomas, Emory M. Robert E. Lee A Biography. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1995. Nagel, Paul C. The Lees of Virginia. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. Nolan, Alan T. Lee Considered. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1991. Saundra N. "Robert E. Lee" http://darter.ocps.k12.fl.us/classroom/who/darter2/relee.html (23 March 1999) Robert E. Lee Memorial Association. "Robert Edward Lee" http://www.stratfordhall.org/rel.htm (23 March 1999) "Robert E. Lee, Beloved General of the South" www.microd.com/~aeric/theman.htm (23 March 1999) Witt 10BibliographyNagel, Paul C. The Lees of Virginia. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.Nolan, Alan T. Lee Considered. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carol...
