Army of Northern Virginia.
Robert E. Lee
He called it the Army of Northern Virginia.
There were many southern armies, with different commanders. Robert E Lee, at the end of the war, was made General of the Army, in command of all southern forces.
Robert E. Lee .
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
command the northern army of Virginia
Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia Robert E. Lee was placed in overall southern command only in the last months of the war.
General Robert E. Lee was the commander of the Southern army.
Robert E. Lee
The commanding general of the Southern army was General Robert E. Lee.
That was General Robert E Lee. He resigned his commission in the US Army and took command of the troops of the state of Virginia.