he hated it
Because he disapproved of secession.
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee was appointed to be the major general of the military and naval forces of Virginia. When Virginia officially seceded, Lee became a general in the Confederate Army.
Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general during the American Civil War, defined secession as a right that was granted to states under the United States Constitution. He believed that states had the power to leave the Union if they felt their rights were being violated by the federal government. However, Lee also expressed his personal wish for the preservation of the Union and loyalty to his home state of Virginia.
Many senior figures, including Robert E. Lee, simply disapproved of secession on principle.
Robert E. Lee
A term used for people who opposed secession of the states were called conservatives. The people that supported secession were called secessionists.
it was shorter
Actually. it was Robert E Lee. Lincoln had no problem using force to hold the Union together. Her did see it as the last resort but he knew all along it would eventually come to force. Robert E. Lee did not want secession to happen but if it did felt is was wrong for force to be used to prevent it.
No, Robert E Lee is not single.
Robert E. Lee - along with many other Virginia-born officers and politicians.
General Robert E. Lee was from Virginia.