Robert E Lee became the commander of the confederacy. He quit the Union army where he was an officer and when Virginia left the union he went with his state.
There was so such army, as the armies were named after the states they orginated from. General Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in the East, and General Braxton Bragg commanded the Army of Tennessee in the West.
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.
Robert E. Lee was the general of the Confederate Army for the vast majority of the Civil War.
General Joshua Chamberlain commanded the 1st Division of 5th Corp of the Army of Potomac which gave the Honour of The Arms formally accepting the surrender of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, on Apr.12, 1865.
Army of Northern Virginia
Lee commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
Gen. Ambrose Burnside commanded the Union Army of the Potomac. Gen. Robert Edward Lee commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
Robert E. Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia.
There was so such army, as the armies were named after the states they orginated from. General Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in the East, and General Braxton Bragg commanded the Army of Tennessee in the West.
The Army of Northern Virginia was commanded by Robert E. Lee
General Robert E. Lee commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. General George B. McClellan commanded the Union Army of the Potomac.
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.
There were several generals during the Civil War who were leaders of confederate troops, but probably you are thinking of Robert E. Lee, who commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
Robert E Lee was a General of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He commanded the Army of North Virginia, which was the main military force of the Confederate State of America.
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 in command of his own Army - the Army of Northern Virginia.