Robert E. Lee, a hero in the War with Mexico, did not accept command of the Union Armies during the Civil War, because he felt he owed more loyalty to the state of Virginia than to the country of the United States of America.
Burnside led the Union troops.
appomattox courthouse
The Union's military high command was aware that Confederate troops were forming a large concentration for what would be the Battle of Chickamauga. They attempted a counter concentration that called for Union troops in Georgia and as faraway as Minnesota. None of these troops were able to reach Chickamauga until after the battle was over.
Gettysburg and Antietam
Robert E. Lee
Robert Edward Lee before he resigned his commission in the U.S. Army was offered Command of all Union troops. He declined,resigned and offered his service to his home State of Virginia.
Robert E. Lee, a hero in the War with Mexico, did not accept command of the Union Armies during the Civil War, because he felt he owed more loyalty to the state of Virginia than to the country of the United States of America.
Robert E. Lee
Burnside led the Union troops.
Robert e lee
Robert E. Lee, a Virginian, was a Union soldier, and engineer officer, who had worked for General Wainwright during the 1848 Mexican-American war. Lee was thinking about being in command of Union troops during the Civil War, but gave in to his emotions, and joined the Confederacy as the commander of the North Virginia troops. Lee was a brilliant tactical and logistical officer, who out-generalled the series of military morons that the Union put up against him.
appomattox courthouse
Robert E. Lee
Lee was a confederate so he didn't win any battle for the union.
The Peninsula and the Shenandoah Valley
The Union's military high command was aware that Confederate troops were forming a large concentration for what would be the Battle of Chickamauga. They attempted a counter concentration that called for Union troops in Georgia and as faraway as Minnesota. None of these troops were able to reach Chickamauga until after the battle was over.