[DOC] [TLE] Washington College during the Civil War - Encyclopedia Virginia [PAR] Mar 9, 2010 ... Washington College in Lexington, Rockbridge County , Virginia, was a small ... 
During the American Civil War (18611865), its students largely ... Confederate 
general Robert E. Lee to serve as college president, ... Lee accepted, and under 
his administration the Lexington Law School joined the college. [DOC] [TLE] Washington and Lee University - Wikipedia [PAR] Washington and Lee University is a private liberal arts university in Lexington, 
Virginia, United States. Washington and Lee's 325 acre campus sits at the heart 
of Lexington and ... In 1865, after his surrender at Appomattox Court House, 
General Robert E. Lee served as president of the college until his death in 1870,
... [DOC] [TLE] List of Presidents of Washington and Lee University - Wikipedia [PAR] Washington and Lee University is led by a President selected by the Board of 
Trustees. The University was founded in 1749 as Augusta Academy. It later 
became Liberty Hall Academy (1782), Washington Academy (1798), Washington 
College (1813), and finally Washington and Lee University ... College 1861-1865
; General Robert E. Lee, Washington College 1865-1870... [DOC] [TLE] Robert E. Lee : Washington and Lee University [PAR] Robert E. Lee President, Washington College, 1865-1870 ... Two days later, he 
accepted command of the Virginia forces that later became part of ... As a 
Confederate general during the Civil War, Lee advised Jefferson Davis, president 
of the... [DOC] [TLE] Our Namesakes : Washington and Lee University [PAR] He had received the stock as a gift from the Virginia General Assembly in 
recognition of his ... But he also felt that he could not accept the shares without 
jeopardizing his ... 4, 1865, 117 days after Appomattox, the Washington College 
board of ... When a student asked Lee for the college's rules, the president is said 
to have... [DOC] [TLE] The Great General Lee Becomes President - History Engine [PAR] In August 1865 at the age of fifty-eight, only four months after surrendering at 
Appomattox ... the position of President of Washington College in Lexington, 
Virginia. ... "General Lee Accepts the Presidency of Washington College," New 
York... [DOC] [TLE] Gen. Lee Accepts the Presidency of Washington College. - NYTimes ... [PAR] LEE in his letter of acceptance of the Presidency of Washington College, that "it is 
... to oppose the policy of the State or General Government directed to that object;
" ... Rector of Washington College. LEXINGTON, Va., Sept. 1, 1865. Facebook... [DOC] [TLE] Robert E. Lee after the War | Virginia Historical Society [PAR] After their army surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, the ... 
but on the advice of friends and family he eventually accepted the position. ... Lap 
desk belonging to Robert E. Lee while president of Washington College... [DOC] [TLE] Lee After The War | History Detectives | PBS [PAR] Learn more about General Robert E. Lee ... courthouse on April 9, 1865, the 
general was pardoned by President Lincoln. ... Lee and his family instead moved 
to Lexington, Virginia, where he became the president of Washington College. It 
is believed that he accepted this low-profile post, which paid only $1,500 a year,
... [DOC] [TLE] Robert E. Lee - Civil War Trust [PAR] Biography of General Robert E. Lee - including history articles, links, ... Instead, 
he accepted a general's commission in the newly formed Confederate Army. ... 
the Virginian General-in-Chief of all Confederate forces in February 1865, only 
two ... and eventually became the president of Washington College in Virginia (
now... [DOC] [TLE] Robert E Lee to the Order [PAR] General Robert E. Lee's ties with THE ORDER. Robert E. Lee is our spiritual 
founder. He was president of Washington College when our founding fathers 
founded KA. ... Although he was among the first to accept the result of the War 
and to apply ... of 1865, the Board of Trustees of Washington College in 
Lexington, Virginia,... [DOC]

Question: In 1865 this general accepted the presidency of Washington College in Virginia
Answer: Robert E. Lee