Talk:Charles Lee (general)

War
Would the warring editors be so good as to fill in the edit summary so the rest of us can understand what it is they are trying to accomplish? Student7 (talk) 11:56, 13 June 2008 (UTC)


 * This article reads as if it was written by Charles Lee himself. Joeywahoo (talk) 18:39, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Conflict with Lafayette?
I once saw on a TV show a version of the story where Lee turned down the command of the men whom he later ordered to retreat. The command was then given to Lafayette. Lee was enraged by this turn of events, as he considered Lafayette a mere "boy." When Lee complained, Washington gave him the command, and once Lee was out of earshot, he chuckled and said, "I expected he'd come around." Inferring that he gave the command to Lafayette in order to make Lee change his mind. Could this be true? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.149.116.77 (talk) 06:26, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

date of birth
I am seeing in 2 places:

5 February 1732 [O.S. 26 January 1731]

The different years are OK (for dates from Jan. 1 thru March 24, this is due to different New Year's reckoning in N.S. and O.S.), but there is an 11 (not 10) day difference between N.S. and O.S. because this is after 1700 but before 1800. So why do I not see either

5 February 1732 [O.S. 25 January 1731]

or

6 February 1732 [O.S. 26 January 1731]

How about 26 January 1731/32?2601:84:C801:C425:E2F8:47FF:FE17:D39E (talk) 04:24, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

dogs?????
I had never before heard that he loved dogs!!! Anything to add to that info? I'd love to know more Editor in tr4ining212 (talk) 08:38, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
 * I think just what's in the two biographies given as sources (see the mention of dog breeding in the Later life section). The image caption pretty much restates everything that's in those two citations. Ibadibam (talk) 01:30, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

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Continental Army sub-section of American Revolution
The following three sentences: "On the other hand, he was born in Britain, somewhat eccentric, slovenly in appearance, coarse in language, and perhaps most of all, he wanted to be paid: by joining the rebellion, he forfeited all his properties in England, and wanted to be compensated.

George Washington was sober, steady, calm, and best of all, would work without pay. Washington also was a good political choice: a southern commander to pair with a primarily New England fighting force."

These don't sound very neutral. I don't think I'm knowledgeable enough on the subject to edit this, but I think it should probably be changed for a more neutral tone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.87.133.22 (talk) 05:09, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Agreed, and rendered all the more dubious by the use of 19th-century sources. Further, Lee's comment about Washington not being fit to command a Sergeant's guard was made after his release by the British in 1778, not on the appointment of Washington as commander of the Continental Army in 1775, as the placement of that comment in this sub-section implied. I've replaced the entire sub-section with something more neutral and encyclopedic. Factotem (talk) 15:42, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

seeking lithium?
I'm writing here because I don't have time to read carefully the book length bio that I cited in July, but someone may want to conduct further research and cite such. The biographer (who does not have a medical or psychology degree as far as I could tell) suggested that Lee might have been manic depressive. It also says that he left Italy (and might've left Europe) because he killed an Italian officer in a second dual between the two of them (Lee sustained an injury in the first, and of course dueling was banned in many places at the time). In light of the number of springs I noticed when finding the historical marker at his former Virginia property, I quickly researched whether they or the famous ones reasonably nearby (Berkeley Springs) are known for lithium in their waters, since lithium is the modern treatment for manic depression and some European springs reputedly have lithium in their healing waters. The not-heavily-researched answer is that some well-known healing springs in Virginia have lithium in their waters, but none in that area. That makes sense, because presumably the government wouldn't establish a fish hatchery where the waters are known for heavy metals. But it also left a poignant perspective on his court-martial.Jweaver28 (talk) 23:09, 6 September 2021 (UTC)