Charles Lee
BIRTH
Feb 6, 1732
Cheshire, England
DEATH
October 2, 1782
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
FAMILY
FATHER:
John Lee
(1696-1748)
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Lee, Charles
(1732-1782)
Charles Lee was a British-born American military officer who served as a general of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
GRAVE:
MUSEUM
Christ Church Philadelphia
20 N American St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
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Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
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Valley Forge National Historic Park | 1400 N Outer Line Dr, King of Prussia, PA 19406 | MUSEUM | ||
George Washington's Mount Vernon | 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Mt Vernon, VA 22121 | MUSEUM | ||
Colonial Williamsburg | 101 Visitor Center Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23185 | MUSEUM | ||
Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters | 105 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA 02138 | MUSEUM | ||
Fort Moultrie National Historic Park | 1214 Middle St, Sullivan's Island, SC 29482 | MUSEUM | ||
Boston Common | 139 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02111 | PARK | ||
Monmouth Battlefield State Park | 20 NJ-33 Business, Manalapan Township, NJ 07726 | MUSEUM | ||
Cambridge Common | Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02163, USA | PARK | ||
Fort Washington Memorial | 501 Fort Washington Ave, New York, NY 10033 | MARKER | ||
Battle of Brooklyn Marker | Belt Parkway, New York, New York, 11209, USA | MARKER | ||
Before There Was A Park Marker | 5th Avenue, New York, New York, 10035, USA | MARKER | ||
Widow White's Tavern Site | 4 Colonial Dr, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 | MARKER | ||
Village Inn Marker | 2 County Rd 522, Englishtown, NJ 07726 | MARKER |
DIED:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct 2, 1782
Lee moved to North America in 1773 and bought an estate in western Virginia. When the fighting broke out in the American Revolutionary War in 1775, he volunteered to serve with rebel forces. Lee's ambitions to become Commander in Chief of the Continental Army were thwarted by the appointment of George Washington to that post.
In 1776, forces under his command repulsed a British attempt to capture Charleston, which boosted his standing with the army and Congress. Later that year, he was captured by British cavalry under Banastre Tarleton; he was held by the British as a prisoner until exchanged in 1778. During the Battle of Monmouthlater that year, Lee led an assault on the British that miscarried. He was subsequently court-martialed and his military service brought to an end. He died in Philadelphia in 1782.