General Robert E. Lee. He was asked by President Abraham Lincoln if he would command the Union forces but he declined, with much difficulty, saying that he could not fight against his state, Virgina.
While Robert E. Lee was still a colonel in the US Army, it's clear he was offered a commanding position in the Union army, however, the actual US general making this offer was probably Winfield Scott. Nevertheless, President Lincoln would have approved of this. Also, Lee's position in the Confederate army at first was a minor commission. Later he would advance and become the leading, most highly regarded Confederate general.
William T. Sherman was a leader of Union soldiers.
During the US Civil War James Longstreet was a general in the Confederate Army.
Union Army of the Tennessee - Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant Union Navy - Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter Confederate Army of Mississippi - Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton Confederate Department of the West - General Joseph E. Johnston. Confederate General Earl Van Dorn had a force in Mississippi early in the campaign.
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he was general of confederate forces during the civil war
No. Confederate.
No. Confederate.
No, P.G.T. Beauregard was a general in the Confederate Army.
General William T. Sherman was a General for the Union Army.
no the Union army defeats the confederate army
General Lee of virginia led the confederate army and General Grant led the union army
William T. Sherman was a leader of Union soldiers.
He was a union general and later became the 18th president
During the US Civil War James Longstreet was a general in the Confederate Army.
No. A Union General, and trusted friend and colleague of U.S.Grant.
Robert E. Lee was the commander of the Confederate army
General Robert Edward Lee.