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The Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee was under siege at Petersburg, where U.S.Grant was simply waiting for them to run out of manpower and supplies.
By the end, they were barefoot and starving, but Lee was a unusually inspirational leader. The inevitable surrender at Appomattox Court House was a highly emotive experience for the two Generals.
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What were the armies in the east known as during the US Civil War?
During the US Civil War, Virginia was home to many battles. In the eastern Theater, Virginia, each side had an army that dominated military operations there. For the South it was the Army of Northern Virginia, and for the North it was the Army of the Potomac.
Who Troops of Robert e lees during the civil war?
The Army of Northern Virginia
Who was the leader of the army of northern virginia during the civil war?
Robert E. Lee
Who resigned from US Army to lead the Army of Northern Virginia during the US Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
Did Robert E. Lee battle in the Civil War?
Yes, he commanded the Army of Northern Virginia.
What has the author James I Robertson written?
James I. Robertson has written: 'Lady Of Kynachan' 'General A P Hill the Story' 'Civil War sites in Virginia' -- subject(s): Guidebooks, Historic sites, History, Virginia Civil War, 1861-1865 'Civil War sites in Virginia' -- subject(s): Battlefields, Guidebooks, Historic sites, History 'Civil War! America Becomes One Nation' '\\' -- subject(s): History, Juvenile literature, United States Civil War, 1861-1865 'Soldier of Southwestern Virginia' 'Civil War Virginia' -- subject(s): History, Virginia Civil War, 1861-1865 '18th Virginia infantry' -- subject(s): Confederate States of America, Confederate States of America. Army, Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 18th, History, Regimental histories, Registers, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Virginia Civil War, 1861-1865 'The Medical & Surgical History of the Civil War Index, Set' 'General A.P. Hill' 'The Civil War's common soldier' -- subject(s): Confederate States of America, Confederate States of America. Army, History, Pictorial works, United States, United States. Army 'MILITARY STRATEGY IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR' -- subject(s): Campaigns, History, Congresses, Military policy, Strategy
What general led the army in the US Civil War?
General Lee of virginia led the confederate army and General Grant led the union army
Why did Robert ELEE decide to surrender the civil war?
General Lee did not "surrender the Civil War". He surrendered his army, the Army of Northern Virginia, when it was clear that he could no longer effectively fight against the Army of the Potomac commanded by Ulysses Grant.
Did the north ever take virginia in the civil war?
Not the whole of it. Their job in Virginia was to try to destroy the Army of Northern Virginia. It took them four long years.
Most of the battles in the civil war were in which state?
More battles in the US Civil War took place in Virginia than any other place. This may have been due to the fact that Lee's Army of Northern Virginia was the largest Confederate army and the fact that Virginia bordered the most populous Northern States.
What was the importance of the Appomattox?
It was where Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to U.S.Grant, effectively ending the Civil War.
What did Stonewall Jackson have to do with the civil war?
He was a general in the Army of Northern Virginia. Lee considered him his right arm.
