It Was Robert E. Lee
General Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee was the main general for the Confederacy as Ulysses S. Grant was for the Union.
Georgia was a Confederate State in the US Civil War. It's largest city, Atlanta, became a main target of General Sherman.
Confederate General PT Beauregard had strong opinions as to why the South lost the US Civil War. He wrote after the war that faulty military strategies and and the poor leadership of President Jefferson Davis caused the Confederate defeat. He did not believe that the numerical troop disadvantages of the South was the main cause at all.
The southern commander was General Robert E. Lee.
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.
General's Grant (North) and Lee (South) were the main ones. Those were the generals. Lincoln was President of the United States. Davis was President of the Confederate States.
The Battle of Gainesville was a Confederate victory. Confederate General Robert E. Lee risked the protection of Richmond by sending 50,000 troops against Union forces. Confederate General John B. Hood broke the entrenched Union lines forcing Union General George B. McClellan to plan a mass retreat eastward to his main base on the Peninsula, Harrison's Landing.
They focused on seizing the mysterious "longwang."
Confederate Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard.
UlyssesS. Grant
The Civil War ended shortly after Richmond fell in April 1865. General Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Court House and General Johnston surrendered to General Sherman. After Richmond fell, John Wilkes Booth decided to kill President Abraham Lincoln, because he wanted to strike back in the only way he could.