Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee's primary motivation was to defend his home state of Virginia and the Confederacy during the American Civil War. He believed in the Southern cause, which included states' rights and the preservation of slavery as an institution. Additionally, Lee felt a strong sense of duty and honor, viewing his role as a military leader as a commitment to protect his community and way of life. His leadership was also influenced by his military background and a desire to achieve victory for the Confederate states.

The Civil War effectively ended when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, due to the overwhelming military pressure the Confederate Army faced and the depletion of their resources. Lee's surrender marked the collapse of the Confederate resistance in Virginia, which was a crucial stronghold. This event symbolized the broader defeat of the Confederacy, leading to further surrenders of other Confederate forces and ultimately the conclusion of the war. The surrender also initiated the process of Reconstruction and the reintegration of the Southern states into the Union.

No, Lee was a competent military commander who effectively employed the Army of Northern Virginia. His only mistake was to allow the Battle of Gettysberg.

Robert E. Lee went to school at west point and graduated 1829

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Lee wore only the three star insignia of a Confederate colonel, which was the highest rank he had earned in the US army before the civil war began. He wanted to receive a peacetime promotion to general after the Civil War was one, assuming it would be the Confederates that were the victors.

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Edward Porter Alexander was the best known, and the best the south had.

Robert E. Lee graduated from WestPoint Military Academy in 1928. He didn't become a general until he took over the Confederate Army in 1851.

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Video technology had not yet improved to the point that movies existed during the time of Robert E. Lee. He had none.

R.E. Lee was the military commander whereas Jefferson Davis was the political leader of the Confederacy .

Robert E. Lee lived in a rural place.

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On September 8, 1862, General Robert E. Lee was headquartered near Fredericktown, Maryland. He issued his proclamation to Maryland's citizens carrying the theme that the Federal government had violated their Constitutional rights. He cited the unlawful arrests and abuse the US government had laid upon the people of Maryland. Lee promised the people of Maryland a return to their rights that the US government had taken away from them unlawfully.

No. Brown was seeking to raise a slave army to kill slave owners, and Stuart's men had to stop him, because lots of innocent people could have died.

Brown also refused to surrender.

Robert E. Lee progressed through the ranks from Second Lieutenant, 1829, to Colonel, 28 March 1861, while serving in the United States Army. Within a few weeks of that final promotion, Lee was offered the position of Major General, 18 April 1861, but he turned that down, and resigned his US Army commission, 20 April 1861.

Lee accepted an offer from the CSA to take command of the defense of Virginia, 23 April 1861, and was one of the first five people to be named as a full General by the CSA, not long after.

Even though he was appointed as a full General, and later, 31 January 1865, named the General-in-Chief of Confederate Forces, Lee refused to wear anything but the insignia of a Colonel, three stars, until the CSA had won the war and he could be properly appointed as a General, during peace time.

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Robert E. Lee was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He developed tactics frequently enabling him to defeat a superior enemy in battle. He displayed brilliant strategy at the Battles of Chancellorsville, 2nd Bull Run, and Fredericksburg. (His biggest failure was Gettysburg.)

When the German generals planned World War 1, they studied the strategy used by the Confederate Generals: Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. Johnson, Stonewall Jackson, Albert Sidney Johnson, Jeb Stuart, Jubal Early, and Nathaniel Forest (Get there the firstest with the mostest.)

Appomattox Court House

At the point were Robert E. Lee surrendered, the Confederacy was in bad shape. There troops were starving, there pay was almost nothing and most troops were just fighting for honor. Also, the Union had a lot more troops. Lee recognized this fact, and he determined there was no hope of victory, so he just decided to end the war before more men got killed or injured. It was over.

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Joe Johnston was badly wounded and hospitalised for months. It would not have been enough just to hand over to the second-in-command. It needed a new appointment.

He Loved Virginia, and when Virginia declared its secession, Lee chose to follow his home state.

His Confederate uniform hat was grey.

Robert E. Lee Wilson died on 1933-09-27.