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Why is it strange that Robert E. Lee chose to command the armies of the south?
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∙ 11y ago
Because his loyalty to Virginia was stronger then his loyalty to the Union.
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Robert E. Lee didn't want war, and he knew he could not fight against the place he called home. You can't really say that Lee didn't have any loyalty to the Union.
He was one of the greatest military men in the nation, and that's why Lincoln wanted Lee to command the Union army.
Lee was admired by people in both the North and South before the Civil War, and after the Civil War.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 11y agoThough a southerner, Lee opposed slavery and thought it, at best, a necessary evil. His mentor, Gen. Winfield Scott offered him command of all Union forces before Lee resigned his commission in the US Army.
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∙ 8y agoRobert E. Lee was opposed to secession, however, after the firing on Fort Sumter, his home state decided to join the Confederacy. In those times, one's loyalty to one's home state was of great significance. Virginia had been a colony for many years and a pillar of the United States. The USA was not yet 100 years old. Lee could not bear arms and fight against his fellow Virginians. He resigned his commission from the US Army and joined the Confederacy as an officer. Late in the US Civil War he was made its general in chief.
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∙ 7y agoRobert E. Lee had been an outstanding officer and a West Point graduate. He saw action in the Mexican War and once served as the Superintendent of West Point. He had been offered a position of high command by Union General Winfield Scott and President Lincoln. Lee was a loyal US officer but was not in favor of succession. During his time loyalty to one's state was a high value. He was a Virginian and when that state joined the Confederacy, Lee chose to resign from the US army and fight for the South.
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∙ 11y agoBecause he did not want to fight against his own home-state of Virginia which was part of the Confederate States.
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