Editing Robert E. Lee (section)

==In popular culture==
Lee is a main character in the Shaara Family novels ''[[The Killer Angels]]'' (1974), ''[[Gods and Generals (novel)|Gods and Generals]]'' (1996), and ''[[The Last Full Measure (novel)|The Last Full Measure]]'' (2000), as well as the film adaptations of ''[[Gettysburg (1993 film)|Gettysburg]]'' (1993) and ''[[Gods and Generals (film)|Gods and Generals]]'' (2003). He is played by [[Martin Sheen]] in the former and by Lee's descendant [[Robert Duvall]] in the latter. Lee is portrayed as a hero in the historical children's novel ''[[Lee and Grant at Appomattox]]'' (1950) by [[MacKinlay Kantor]]. His part in the Civil War is told from the perspective of his horse in [[Richard Adams]]'s book ''[[Traveller (novel)|Traveller]]'' (1988).

Lee is an obvious subject for [[American Civil War alternate histories]]. [[Ward Moore]]'s ''[[Bring the Jubilee]]'' (1953), [[MacKinlay Kantor]]'s ''[[If the South Had Won the Civil War]]'' (1960), and [[Harry Turtledove]]'s ''[[The Guns of the South]]'' (1992), all have Lee ending up as president of a victorious Confederacy and freeing the slaves (or laying the groundwork for the slaves to be freed in a later decade). Although Moore and Kantor's novels relegate him to a set of passing references, Lee is more of a main character in Turtledove's ''Guns''. He is also the prime character of Turtledove's "Lee at the Alamo".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tor.com/2011/09/07/lee-at-the-alamo/|title=Lee at the Alamo|date=September 7, 2011}}</ref> Turtledove's "[[War Between the Provinces]]" series is an allegory of the Civil War told in the language of fairy tales, with Lee appearing as a [[knight]] named "Duke Edward of Arlington". Lee is also a knight in "The Charge of Lee's Brigade" in ''Alternate Generals'' volume 1, written by Turtledove's friend [[S. M. Stirling]] and featuring Lee, whose [[Colony of Virginia|Virginia]] is still a loyal [[British Empire|British]] colony, fighting for the [[Queen Victoria|Crown]] against the [[Russian Empire|Russians]] in [[Crimean War|Crimea]]. In Lee Allred's "East of Appomattox" in ''[[Alternate Generals III|Alternate Generals]]'' volume 3, Lee is the Confederate Minister to [[London]] circa 1868, desperately seeking help for a CSA which has turned out poorly suited to independence. [[Robert Skimin]]'s ''[[Grey Victory]]'' features Lee as a supporting character preparing to run for the presidency in 1867.

In [[Connie Willis]]' 1987 novel ''[[Lincoln's Dreams]]'', a research assistant meets a young woman who dreams about the Civil War from Robert E. Lee's point of view.

The [[Dodge Charger]] featured in the CBS television series ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'' (1979–1985) was named [[General Lee (car)|The General Lee]].<ref>{{cite web | title="Dukes of Hazzard's" General Lee Tops Edmunds' InsideLine.com's List of 100 Greatest Movie and TV Cars of All Time | website=Edmunds | date=2011-11-04 | url=https://www.edmunds.com/about/press/dukes-of-hazzards-general-lee-tops-edmunds-insidelinecoms-list-of-100-greatest-movie-and-tv-cars-of-all-time.html | access-date=2025-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Dukes of Hazzard: Happy Birthday, General Lee |website=allmovie |url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-dukes-of-hazzard-happy-birthday-general-lee-v392976 |access-date=June 3, 2012 }}</ref> In [[The Dukes of Hazzard (film)|the 2005 film based on this series]], the car is driven past a statue of Lee, while the car's occupants salute him.