Yes - and he was hoping that it would not vote Confederate.
But when it did, he went with his state and joined the Confederate States Army, to become its most distinguished General.
Virginia.
Principally he wanted to defend his home-state of Virginia, even though he disapproved of secession. He seems to have underestimated the importance of the Western theatre. At the surrender, he told his men to go home peacefully and not listen to some officers who were urging guerrilla warfare.
To support his home state of Virginia.
Because he wanted to remain faithful to his State, the Virginia.
Robert E Lee declined the offer of Union forces because he was originally from Virginia, and they had joined the Confederacy. He felt that it was not loyal to fight for the Union, when his own state was part of the Confederate States of America.
Virginia.
The entire state of West Virginia.
Robert E. Lee was born and died in the state of Virginia.
Principally he wanted to defend his home-state of Virginia, even though he disapproved of secession. He seems to have underestimated the importance of the Western theatre. At the surrender, he told his men to go home peacefully and not listen to some officers who were urging guerrilla warfare.
To support his home state of Virginia.
in 1861 when his home state of Virginia seceded from the Union
Arlington National Cemetery.
he was born in North Carolina but at a young age he came to west Virginia
Virginia - doubly painful for him, as he had joined the Confederates for the purpose of defending Virginia, his home state, even though he disapproved of secession.
At Appomattox Court House, Virginia, in the home of Wilmer McLean.
Stanford, Virginia
Because he wanted to remain faithful to his State, the Virginia.