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General Robert E. Lee was the commander the Army of Northern Virginia.
There was also the Army of Tennessee , a great army that suffered from poor leadership, though Joe Johnston was a great general in his own way but had trouble with Jefferson Davis.
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∙ 6y agoLieutenant General Robert E. Lee was overall commander of the Army of Northern Virginia throughout most of the US Civil War. Late in the war Lee was named the Confederate general in chief.
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True or false Robert E Lee was the commander of the Union army?
The Commander in Chief of the Confederacy was his President, Jefferson Davis. Robert E. Lee became the commander of the Army of the Northern Virginia in 1862 and General in Chief of the Confederate Army on February 6,1865.
Who is JEB Stuart of the civil army?
Jeb Stuart was the commander of the cavalry division of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. IMPROVEMENT I would like to improve the answer as follow: J.E.B. Stuart was the commander of the Cavalry Corp of R.E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. That Corp was formed of Three Cavalry divisions.
Is Commander a rank in the army?
No, there is no rank of commander in the Army. In the Army commander is a title, not a rank. In the Navy, there is a rank of Commander, it is the equivalent of Lt Colonel or O-5.
How did the Confederate army use the mountains of Virginia in its invasions of the North?
By separating its army into different sections, so that the enemy would not know where they were.
Was Robert E. Lee overrated?
No, Lee was a competent military commander who effectively employed the Army of Northern Virginia. His only mistake was to allow the Battle of Gettysberg.
What did the south name its army after?
The south named its armies for the Department in which they operated. The entire south was divided into military departments, with a commander in each, who was also commander of the army troops in his Department. Thus, Lee commanded the Department of Northern Virginia (which was Virginia north of the James River) and so his army was the Army of Northern Virginia. The other main Rebel Army was the Army of Tennessee, from the Department of Tennessee. The north named its armies after rivers, so there was the Army of the Potomac, the Army of the Ohio, The Army of the Cumberland, the Army of the James, the Army of the Tennessee, and so on.
Who was the commandet of the army of northern Virginia during the battle of fredericksburg?
Lee was the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.
What was the commander of the confederate army of northern Virginia?
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Who was the South's commanding general at the Battle of Chancellorsville and who was the North's?
Lee, of course, for the Army of Northern Virginia. The latest luckless commander of the luckless Army of the Potomac was Joe Hooker. Michael Montagne
Who was the commander of the confederate army of N Virginia?
Robert E. Lee
Who was the commander of the confederate troops known as the army of northern Virginia?
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Confederate general whose attempts to invade the north were halted at Antietam and at Gettysburg?
That Confederate general was Robert E. Lee, commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.
Who was the commander of the army of northern virginia from 1862 -1865?
Robert E. Lee
What is the name of the Commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia?
Robert E. Lee
What side was army of North Virginia on?
Confederate
Was General Lee the commander for the Union in the Battle of Gettysburg?
No he was in command of the Army of Northern Virginia.
Who was the commander of the army of northern Virginia during the battle of fredericksburg?
Thomas Stonewall Jackson
