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Robert E Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S Grant at Appomattox on 9 April 1865. This event was not the actual end of the war but, since the Army of Northern Virginia was the last effective Confederate force, the surrender of smaller Confederate forces and garrisons was inevitable after Lee's surrender.
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Joseph E. Johnston of Virginia was the highest ranking US military officer to resign his commission and take command of a Southern army. He led the Army of the Shenandoah to reinforce General P.T. Beauregard's forces at the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861, where the total Confederate forces numbered about 32,000 men.
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The first name of what would become the Army of Northern Virginia was the Confederate Army of the Potomac. That was in 1861. As early 1862 came about the name was changed to the Army of Northern Virginia.
They returned to Northern Virginia.
Because Virginia held the Confederate Capital operations designed to capture Richmond would certainly have brought a quick end to the US Civil War. The Seven Days Battle saw Lee's Army of Northern Virginia repel George B. McClellan's attacking forces and the war continued for almost another three years.
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Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia.
General Robert E. Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg.
No, though he was offered command of Federal forces, he resigned to fight for Virginia and would up in command of the Army of Northern Virginia.
He was offered command of the northern forces, but chose the south and Virginia, his native state.
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The Battle of Chancellorsville was due to the Union's attempt to defeat the Army of Northern Virginia and ultimately capture Richmond, the South's capitol. Although Union forces outnumbered the Southern forces, Robert E. Lee led his Army of Northern Virginia and defeated the Union army.
Washington DC is right on the northern border of Virginia. Richmond was in Virginia. The capital cities of the two opposing forces were within a few hundred miles of each other.