Incredible footage of Confederate veterans shaking hands with Robert E. Lee‘s body servant William Mack Lee. 🎩 William was born a slave at Stratford Hall Plantation, in Westmorland County, Virginia, on June 12th, 1835. His master was Robert E. Lee, the brilliant tactician who led the Confederate forces during the Civil War. He was Lee's body servant, and referred to him as "Marse Robert". He had a close relationship with General Lee, which he described in his autobiography as being "raised by o