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What problem led to lee's surrender?
The immediate problem was the army's rations going astray. But that army was barefoot and starving anyway. And it had run out of manpower.
Where did the official surrender of the Confederate army under general Lees command happen?
Appomattox Court House, near Petersburg, Virginia. He had simply run out of manpower - inevitable after Grant ended the system of prisoner-exchange. And the men who remained to him were barefoot and starving - inevitable since Sheridan and Sherman destroyed the best farmland in the South.
Why does Robert E. Lee surrender?
Because his men were barefoot and starving.
What was the name of general lees army?
Army of Northern Virginia.
Why did the south give up in the surrender of appomattox court house?
Because the Army of Northern Virginia had run out of men and materials (literally they were barefoot and starving), and Joe Johnston's army could do no more than 'annoy' Sherman. It was time to give up.
Why did Robert E. Lee decide to surrender?
Because what few men he had left were barefoot and starving.
What did the soldiers think of Robert E. Lee?
They looked up to him like a God, and they were willing to follow him till they were barefoot and starving.
Why did Sherman lead the Atlanta march?
The march from Atlanta to the sea was a punitive raid on Georgia that would also enable Sherman's army to live off the land. It attacked the infrastructure that supported the Confederate armies in the field. By the time they surrendered, they were barefoot and starving.
Who Troops of Robert e lees during the civil war?
The Army of Northern Virginia
Why did Lee finally decide to surrender during the Civil War?
No option. He had run out of manpower, and his few remaining troops were barefoot and starving.
At petersburg where did grant defeat general lees army?
after nine month standoff
What was general lees reason for turning down the union army?
Loyalty to his state (Virginia).
