Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia, the only sizeable Confederate army still in action, were defeated by the Army of the Potomac, commanded by George Meade.
Some say that Meade should therefore have taken the surrender.
However, Lee was also General-in-Chief of the Confederates, so others say that U.S. Grant, as General-in-Chief of the Union, was the right one to do the honours - as he did, at a poignant meeting between America's two top soldiers.
As General-in-Chief of the Union armies, Ulysses Grant took the surrender of Robert E. Lee as General-in-Chief of the Confederate armies.
Lee was also commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, and it was this army was defeated by the Army of the Potomac under George Meade, with Grant travelling alongside in a mobile HQ. Some said that Lee should have surrendered to Meade.
Lee had also been defeated by the newly-promoted Meade at Gettysburg in July 1863.
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McClellan was a Union general (the North) and thus fought against the Confederacy (the South). He also ran against Lincoln in 1865, but lost in a severe landslide.
Two of the main generals who fought in the battle of Fort Sumter were General Robert Anderson and General Pierre T. Beauregard. These were the very first generals who fought in the battle that began the Civil War. IMPROVEMENT. Lincoln offered the Command of US Army to Robert E. Lee after Fort Sumter.
the general for the north(Union, U.S.A) is Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S Grant was the Union general who accepted Robert E Lee's surrender.
The North and South fought the Battle of Gettysburg because two large forces happened to be there at the same time. It was a turning point in the war.They fought against each other because they were fed up with being ajoined
The newly-promoted Confederate General Robert E. Lee against the Union commander George McClellan. Lee won spectacularly.
If it is the Battle of Gettysburd you refer to, the Union General George Meade and Confederate General Robert E. Lee fought.
McClellan was a Union general (the North) and thus fought against the Confederacy (the South). He also ran against Lincoln in 1865, but lost in a severe landslide.
Two of the main generals who fought in the battle of Fort Sumter were General Robert Anderson and General Pierre T. Beauregard. These were the very first generals who fought in the battle that began the Civil War. IMPROVEMENT. Lincoln offered the Command of US Army to Robert E. Lee after Fort Sumter.
the general for the north(Union, U.S.A) is Robert E. Lee
No. General Robert E. Lee was a general for the Confederate (southern) Army during the Civil war. He led most of the troops against Lincoln's Union forces.
It was fought in and around Fredericksburg Virginia. General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen.Ambrose Burnside.
He was the General that led the Confederate Forces against the Union forces in the Civill War.
The union fought against slavery in the civil war
At Chancellorsville the Army of Northern Virginia(Confederate) commanded by General Robert E. Lee engaged and defeated the Army of the Potomac(Union) commanded by General Joseph Hooker.
At Chancellorsville the Army of Northern Virginia(Confederate) commanded by General Robert E. Lee engaged and defeated the Army of the Potomac(Union) commanded by General Joseph Hooker.
The Battle of Fredericksburg (Virginia), fought in December of 1862, was won by a Confederate army led by General Robert E. Lee. In a five-day struggle, the Southern troops held against numerous direct attacks from Union forces led by Major General Ambrose Burnside.