Ulysses Grant - although some would say George Meade, who was the actual army commander, Grant being the General-in-Chief, travelling alongside the army in a mobile HQ.
The commander of the Unions Army of the Potomac at Antietam was Major General George B. McClellan.
McClellan was a Union commander and he repelled general Lee's first Northern invasion.
robert e lee
Robert E Lee became the commander of the confederacy. He quit the Union army where he was an officer and when Virginia left the union he went with his state.
He was twice stopped on his attempted invasions of the North - first at Antietam, then Gettysburg. Finally he was besieged by Grant outside the Confederate capital, Richmond, and starved into surrender at Appomattox.
no robert lee was not the commander of the union army? he had many chances to go into what ever branch, but didnt take it.
Robert E. Lee was the commander of the Confederate army
The job of commander of the Union Forces was offered to Robert Edward Lee.
Ulysses S.Grant
Union, George Meade. Confederate, Robert E. Lee.
No, he wasn't. When the South seceded, Lee had a hard time deciding whether to stay loyal with the South, or fight against it. Finally, he resigned, and joined the south. Actually, Lincoln asked Lee to be the commander of the Union army.
No he was in command of the Army of Northern Virginia.
Ambrose Burnside.
The Union victory effectively stopped Lee's invasion of the North.
The Union had undergone a number of successive commanders , in 1865 the Union commander was U.S.Grant and for the Confederacy it was Robert E. Lee .
The commander of the Union force was General George Meade. The commander of the Confederate force was General Robert E. Lee.
Battle of Antietam (or Sharpsburg) stopped General Lee's first invasion of the North. The second invasion was stopped at Gettysburg, PA. In a technical sense, Antietam caused the invading Army of Northern Virginia to retreat from its already launched invasion of the North.