Principally he wanted to defend his home-state of Virginia, even though he disapproved of secession. He seems to have underestimated the importance of the Western theatre.
At the surrender, he told his men to go home peacefully and not listen to some officers who were urging guerrilla warfare.
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Lees horse, Traveller had lived for several years after Lees death in 1870.
He was a Confederate general
The Army of Northern Virginia
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Virginia.
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Lees horse, Traveller had lived for several years after Lees death in 1870.
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He was a Confederate general
Mary Anna Custis Lee
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