Yes - a difficult decision because Lincoln had offered him the job of General-in-Chief of the Union armies.
But he decided that he was a Virginian first and an American second. So he jointed the Confederates.
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Robert E. Lee, a hero in the War with Mexico, did not accept command of the Union Armies during the Civil War, because he felt he owed more loyalty to the state of Virginia than to the country of the United States of America.
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Robert E. Lee, a hero in the War with Mexico, did not accept command of the Union Armies during the Civil War, because he felt he owed more loyalty to the state of Virginia than to the country of the United States of America.
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He was the president of the union; therefore, that's where who his loyalty belonged to.
Because it was occupied by Union forces and West Virginians were about equally divided on which side their loyalty should be pledged to.