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He was appointed commander of the Army of Northern Virginia in summer 1862, after Joseph E. Johnston was seriously wounded and hospitalised.

He continued to command that army until April 1865, when he surrendered to Ulysses Grant at Appomattox.

He was also appointed to the new post of General-in-Chief of the Confederates in January 1865, a job which he thoroughly merited, but it was too late to make any difference.

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