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He was the head general of the Confederates. Abraham Lincoln had asked him to fight for the Union, but he was loyal to Virginia, a Confederate state and his home.
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Gen. Winfield Scott, at that time General in Chief of the Union Army and not president Lincoln offered Lee to be appointed as General Commander of the army of the Potomac. As correctly said above, he refused.
Lee, then was appointed to command to coastal defences in North Carolina.
After that he replaced Gen. Joseph Johnston as Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, commission he held until his surrender at Appomattox, contemporaneously of the commission of General in Chief of the confederate Armies, office to which he was appointed on Feb. 6, 1865.
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What was Robert E. Lee involvement in the Civil war?
He was commander of confederate troops.
What war was Robert E Lee in?
Robert E. Lee was defeated in the US Civil War.
What did Robert Lee do in the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee was the general commander of the Confederate Forces during the American Civil War.
What war did Robert E. Lee fight in?
Robert E. Lee was the commanding general of the Confederate army in the American Civil War.
What war did Robert E. Lee?
The Civil War.
What was Robert E Lee interested in?
Robert E Lee was interested in winning the civil war.
As engineer Robert E. Lee was needed in what war?
Robert E. Lee commanded the Confederate troops in the civil war.
What General surrendered in the civil war?
Robert Lee
Who was the General of the Confederate Army during the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
Who was a southern commander in the civil war?
Robert E. Lee
What union was Robert E Lee on?
In the Civil War, Robert E. Lee was part of the Confederate side.
What was Robert E Lee's occupation?
Robert E Lee was an army officer before the Civil War.
