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He put himself at the disposal of his State, Virginia. He was appointed general of State's Militia and entrusted to organize the defense of the Old Dominion. when Virginia entered the Confederacy, he was sent to the front of West Virginia, where due to the lack of sufficient troops he couldn't prevent the region from being conquered by the Union forces led by General McClellan.
Then, after the Unionist's size of Port-Royal, he was appointed as commander of the defenses in the southern South Carolina and Georgia.
After the stabilization of the military situation there, he was ordered to Richmond to be appointed as military adviser of Jefferson Davis. After the serious injury of Gen. Joseph Johnston at the Battle of Seven Pines, he was appointed as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia and of the Sectors of Virginia and North Carolina.
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Who almost commanded the Union Army during the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee was offered command, but turned it down.
Who turned down Lincoln's offer to command the union army and instead went to be a general in the confedracy?
Robert E. Lee
Which general turned down President Lincoln offer to command the Union Army at the beginning of the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
Which confederate military leader actually opposed slavery and secession and turned down the offer to command union forces?
Robert E. Lee
What famous Confederate general was first asked to lead the Union armies but turned it down and became the commanding general of the South?
Robert E. Lee was offered command of the Union Armies by President Lincoln. He turned it down because he felt he was a Virginian first and could not fight against is State.
Why did Robert E. Lee reject to be general of the union?
Robert E. Lee turned down President Lincolns request to be the commander of the Union army because he wanted to stay loyal to his home state of Virginia if Virginia would of stayed in the Union he would have accepted Lincolns request
What general turned down Lincoln's request to head union troops?
Giuseppe Garibaldi turned down that appointment.
Is it true that the producers of Twilight asked Gerard Way singer of My Chemical Romance to be Edward before Robert?
No, but they did ask My Chemical Romance to make a song for New Moon, but they turned it down.
What did general Robert E. Lee fear?
The prospect of having take up arms against his own state of Virginia. That's why he turned down the job of General-in-Chief of the Union army, and joined the Confederates.
Where was Robert E. Lee's homestate?
Virginia. He did not approve of secesson, but felt he had to go with his state. That's why he turned down Lincoln's offer to command all the Union armies.
Who turned down the part of Troy Bolton in high school musical?
Robert pattinson
Why did Ulysses S. Grant turn down the offer to lead the union army?
He didn't. General Robert E. Lee turned it down, even though he was against the South's secession. He felt a duty to protect the state he was raised in, Virginia, a Confederate state at the time.
