Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 1776, sojojin da ke karkashin umurninsa sun yi watsi da yunƙurin Birtaniya don kama Charleston, wanda ya karfafa matsayinsa tare da sojojin da majalisa
Ka yi haƙuri. Daga baya a wannan shekarar, sojojin doki na Burtaniya a karkashin Banastre Tarleton suka kama shi; Biritaniya ta tsare shi a matsayin fursuna har sai da aka musayar shi a 1778. A lokacin yakin Monmouth daga baya a wannan shekarar, Lee ya jagoranci wani hari a kan Birtaniya wanda ya kasa. Daga baya aka gurfanar da shi a gaban kotun soji kuma aka kawo ƙarshen aikin soja. Ya mutu a Philadelphia a shekara ta 1782.