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Charles Lee (6 February 1732 [O.S. 26 January 1731] – 2 October 1782) was a British-born American military officer who served as a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He also served earlier in the British Army during the Seven Years War.
- Early Military Career
- America
- Discontent
- Capture
- Battle of Monmouth
General Charles Lee public domain image Charles Lee born February 6, 1732 in Dernhall, Cheshire, England. He was educated at a free grammar school in Bury St. Edmunds and later in Switzerland, where he became proficient in six languages. In 1747, his father, a colonel of the 55th foot Regiment, purchased a commission for his son in his own regiment...
General Charles Lee on horseback. He resigned his Royal commission and volunteered his services to the Congress, expecting leadership of the army, with such a distinguished military career to mark him out. George Washington, however, agreed to serve without pay, not to mention, he was a better political choice, having been born and bred in Virginia...
Commander-in-Chief George Washington Behind Washington’s back, General Charles Lee began writing to Congress, demanding he replace Washington as the head of the army. He also wrote to other generals, criticizing Washington’s performance. He delayed in responding to messages from Washington; he procrastinated in moving his troops when called to meet...
Aiming to meet Washington in Pennsylvania, Lee dawdled, stopping for the night and taking his time. On December 12, he left his men encamped near Morristown and stopped for the night at White’s Tavern in New Jersey, where he was captured by a British patrol. He was taken into captivity wearing his dressing gown. He spent 16 months in captivity, afr...
At the Battle of Monmouth, General Washington put General Charles Lee, the most senior of his officers, as secondary commander of the frontal assault. Lee, expecting the Americans to lose, based on the information he had given Howe, turned the position down, so Washington put the Marquis de Lafayettein charge. Unwilling to allow that, Lee had a cha...
Charles Lee was born on January 26, 1731 in Cheshire, England. As a boy, he was enrolled in military school and later served in the French and Indian War as a Lieutenant. While in America, Lee married a Mohawk woman and was subsequently adopted into the Mohawk tribe.
May 30, 2022 · Charles Lee was born on February 6, 1732, in Darnhall, Cheshire, England, and died on October 2, 1782, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the French and Indian War, he was part of the expedition that General Edward Braddock led in 1755 that ended in disaster at the Battle of Monongahela.
- Randal Rust
May 29, 2018 · Of Irish heritage, Lee was born in Dernhall, Cheshire, England, on January 25, 1731. His father, a former colonel in the British Army, encouraged his son's interest in the military and enrolled Lee in a Swiss military school in 1744.
Apr 11, 2019 · Born February 6, 1732, in Cheshire, England, Lee was the son of Major General John Lee and his wife Isabella Bunbury. Sent to school in Switzerland at an early age, he was taught a variety of languages and received a basic military education.
In the spring of 1775, the Second Continental Congress reacted to the outbreak of war by creating the Continental Army. It placed Lee under Washington as that army’s third ranking general on 17 June. Within ten months, Lee became Washington’s second-in-command.
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