[{SlideShowNav}] !!!Richmond Robert E. Lee Monument [{Image src='0351.jpg' caption='Richmond Robert E. Lee Monument, July 2006, © [Ewald Judt|Geography/About/Consortium/Judt,_Ewald]' alt='Richmond Robert E. Lee Monument' width='675' height='900' class='image_left' alt='rider on a horse'}] %%lang,english Robert Edward Lee (born 1807, died 1870) was an American general known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War. In Richmond, Virginia[{GoogleMap location='Richmond, Virginia' zoom='8'}], a large equestrian statue of Lee is the centerpiece of the city's famous Monument Avenue with its four statues of famous Confederates. %% [{Metadata Suchbegriff='Richmond Robert E. Lee Monument'}] [{SET customtitle='Richmond Robert E. Lee Monument (1)'}]