It wasn't.
Lee was General-in-Chief of the Confederate Armies.
The Union was the name given to the other side - thestates that had not quit the USA.
Gettysburg
Potomac
Lt. General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.
Army of Northern Virginia.
Robert E. Lee
Gettysburg
The Army of Northern Virginia
Loyalty to his state (Virginia).
Second Manassas, Seven Days, Chancellorsville…
To barraged lees army
no robert lee was not the commander of the union army? he had many chances to go into what ever branch, but didnt take it.
Lee's men failed to retaliate after the Union attacks during the Wilderness Campaign due to exhaustion.
The Union Army
Confederate army was the name. They were also called Rebels too.
Lee's men failed to retaliate after the Union attacks during the Wilderness Campaign due to exhaustion.
The Union Army. wasn't it the Union Arny?
Gen. Robert E. Lee