Robert E. Lee was the general for the south through most of the war.
The southern commander was General Robert E. Lee.
Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia, but there was no overall Confederate commander to coordinate strategy between various armies.
Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia Robert E. Lee was placed in overall southern command only in the last months of the war.
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loyalist planned to move north
General Robert E. Lee was the commander of the Southern army.
No, he was the president through most of the war, thus he was the commander and chief of military services -- higher than a general.
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War is normally declared by the commander in chief of the armed forces. In most countries, the president is the commander in chief and only declares war when all other avenues for peace have failed.
Do you mean the Seven Days Battles at the end of the Peninsula campaign? Robert E. Lee
getting a new commander in chief.
Ulysses S. Grant