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General Robert E. Lee was appointed commander in chief of all Confederate forces February 6, 1865.

Source: Recollections and Letters of General Lee, by his son, Robert E. Lee Jr. Broadfoot Publishing edition, 1988.

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Robert E. Lee takes command on June 1, 1862.

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