A House Divided

I am reading A House Divided which is a biography about Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. I have read the first chapter which is about Lee's younger life. His father was a hero from the Revolutionary War, unfortunately after the war he disgraced his family by drinking and being jailed many times. Lee did not want people to think he was like his father so he became very gentlemen like at a very young age. He also became the man of the house at a very young age, because his father moved away when he was very young. He died when Robert E. Lee was just 11. Him and his mother became very close, and he spent much of his time with his mother. He got most of his education before west point at a friends plantation. It is also where he met his future wife, who he was very faithful and devoted to. When he turned 18 he went to west point. He liked being at west point and became second in his class. He was the highest ranking cadet of his class in his sophomore year. After he graduated he returned home and married, he also spent his last few months with his mother before she passed. The book says the only time she was happy in her last years was when her son visited her. Her passing hit him very hard because he was so close to his mother. When Lee was young he was very erudite and gentlemen like.