American Experience: Robert E. Lee (1:23) 2011

This is a PBS documentary that I stumbled upon while searching Netflix. It turned out to be great discovery. Having grown up in Maryland, I was a frequent visitor to Antiem, Harper's Ferry and Gettysburg. I thought I knew a lot about Robert E. Lee. This documentary was chock full of information  that was new to me. The documentary discusses Lee early life and his success at West Point. Lee had a personality and disposition for military life as well as a drive to be successful as his father had ended up in debtor's prison. The documentary focuses a lot of time on Lee as Commander of the Confederate forces, both his strengths and weaknesses. This is definitely a documentary for anyone who has an interest in the Civil War or in military history in general.