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He didn't. He resigned his commission as a colonel in the United States army and offered his service to the Virginia State Forces. He worked as a Military advisor and commanded a small army in modern-day West Virginia. In 1862, Confederate President Jefferson Davis placed him in command of the Confederate Army operating in eastern Virginia, which Lee would soon reorganize and rename the Army of Northern Virginia.
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Name one union and one confederate general?
Confederate= Alpheus Baker Union= Robert Allen
Was Robert E. Lee a union or a confederate?
he was general of confederate forces during the civil war
What union general did general lee surrender to?
Ulysses S Grant was the Union general who accepted Robert E Lee's surrender.
Was general pope union or confederate?
He was confederate.
Was Robert e lee the most senior general in the civil war?
Lee was the top Confederate general. Grant eventually became the top Union general.
Was Robert E. lee was union general?
No. Lee was a confederate general
If Robert E. Lee was a union general?
No. Lee was a confederate general
Name one union and one confederate general?
Confederate= Alpheus Baker Union= Robert Allen
Was Robert lee confederate or union?
he was general of confederate forces during the civil war
What Confederate General was offered to be a Union General but refused?
Robert E Lee
Is Robert E. Lee a union general?
no... he was the first confederate general to surrender...
Was Robert E. lee union or confederate?
he was general of confederate forces during the civil war
Was Ulysses S. Grant a confederate or from the Union?
He was a union general and later became the 18th president
Was general Lee union or?
Robert E. Lee was the commander of the Confederate army
Who was the leadership for the battle of Gettysburg?
Confederate- Stonewall Jackson and Robert E Lee Union- Unknown
Was Robert E. Lee a union or a confederate?
he was general of confederate forces during the civil war
What commanders were in the batle of Antietam?
Confederate General Robert E, Lee and Union General George McClellan
