Charles Lee

Charles Lee was the promising son of a British officer who became a hero in the American War for Independence, but his fame and legacy were tarnished by his loutish behavior and unpredictable rage. Charles Lee was a man close to nature, and by that, he was a man close to his inner-animal nature. This predisposition sent him straight towards the Order of Creationists, and Charles Lee was spent his life followed everywhere by animals, especially dogs who were his favorite. 
Charles Lee, despite his personal faults, is counted as a hero of the Revolutionary War and founding member of the Sons of Liberty. 
== Facts: ==
-Lee was the son of a British career military officer who sent Charles away to be educated in a Swiss school. Lee showed above average intelligence and would go on after graduation to serve under several European kings. When Lee joined the fledgling Sons of Liberty, he was already an accomplished military officer. 
-Lee's animal instincts and experience with fighting and the wild served him well, he was one of the few survivors of the disastrous Braddock Expedition. 
-Charles Lee served as a General of the Continental Army, the first professional army fielded by the Sons of Liberty. 
-One biographer of Lee noted that he went nowhere without a pack of dogs following him. He had a favorite among the pack, a Pomeranian, which he treated as if it were his own child. 
-Charles Lee vied with George Washington for the position of Commander of the Continental Army. Lee's extensive military service and affinity with America's rugged terrain might have won that Title for him, but his inability to control his temper hampered his ambitions. As did his anti-social behavior. One of the reasons Lee favored his dogs was because he had an aversion to his fellow humans. This lack of social skill was probably one of the major reasons he was passed over for Washington. 
-Any dream Lee had of achieving higher status in the SoL was utterly destroyed at the Battle of Monmouth. Lee, who had been given fresh troops trained in the European style, and had ceded them from de Lafayette, had been ordered to advance. Instead, against what he thought was an unwinnable situation, he ordered a retreat, and his troops ended up colliding with General Washington's advancing troops. The military blunder, and Lee's insubordination towards Washington in front of the whole army during the affair, caused Washington to publicly give Lee a dressing down and have him court-martialed. 
-Lee's military career was tanked by the Battle of Monmouth. He spent his later years breeding dogs and horses on his estate in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. 
-Charles Lee is the grandfather of Robert E. Lee, the famous General of the Confederate Army.
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