Major General Robert Edward Lee Michie (June 1, 1864 – June 4, 1918) was a U.S. Army general.
Early life
Michie was born in Bellair, Virginia, in Albemarle County on June 1, 1864, to Dr. J. Augustus Michie and Susan Jackson Michie. He graduated number twenty-six of thirty-nine from the
United States Military Academy
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West Point
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, New York, in 1885. Among his classmates included several officers who would become future
general officer
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Robert Lee Bullard
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Spanish–American War
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, Michie served as a major, U.S. Volunteers, from 1898 to 1899. He also served in the Adjutant General's Department in
Havana
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American Expeditionary Forces
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