Joseph E. Johnston of Virginia was the highest ranking US military officer to resign his commission and take command of a Southern army. He led the Army of the Shenandoah to reinforce General P.T. Beauregard's forces at the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861, where the total Confederate forces numbered about 32,000 men.
General Robert E. Lee was the leading general of the Confederacy. He was a Virginian who was a West Point graduate. He was enlisted in the US Military at the start of the war, however his loyalty to Virginia and the Confederate cause led him to be the top general of the South. His main command was to lead the Army of Northern Virginia.
At Chancellorsville the Army of Northern Virginia(Confederate) commanded by General Robert E. Lee engaged and defeated the Army of the Potomac(Union) commanded by General Joseph Hooker.
The president of the confederacy was Jefferson Davis. The man in charge of the Confederate Army also known as the Armies of Northern Virginia was General Robert E. Lee.
Robert E Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S Grant at Appomattox on 9 April 1865. This event was not the actual end of the war but, since the Army of Northern Virginia was the last effective Confederate force, the surrender of smaller Confederate forces and garrisons was inevitable after Lee's surrender.
There was so such army, as the armies were named after the states they orginated from. General Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in the East, and General Braxton Bragg commanded the Army of Tennessee in the West.
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee
Lieutenant General Robert E. Lee was overall commander of the Army of Northern Virginia throughout most of the US Civil War. Late in the war Lee was named the Confederate general in chief.
That Confederate general was Robert E. Lee, commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.
General Robert E. Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg.
Robert E. Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia.
Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his army of Northern Virginia.
Lieutenant General Robert E. Lee was overall commander of the Army of Northern Virginia throughout most of the US Civil War. Late in the war Lee was named the Confederate general in chief.
Robert Edward Lee was the Commanding General for the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia at this battle.
The Army of Northern Virginia, and eventually all the Confederate armies as General-in-Chief.
By the end of November 1861, General McClellan believed he had a chance to undermine the Confederate forces in Northern Virginia. McClellan envisioned defeating the Rebel armies in northern Virginia in detail, capturing Richmond and thereby bringing the Southern rebellion to a quick end. To accomplish this, he would need to outflank Confederate forces by landing on the eastern peninsula that would lead to Richmond.