Robert E. Lee

A quick mover, who could steal a march on the enemy, and wrong-foot him by refusing to fight on the field he had chosen.

His bold tactics inspired the rank-&-file, and his early string of victories across Virginia in the summer of 1862 made them feel that they were a great army.

These triumphs, however, were really the product of the Lee-Jackson partnership, and after Stonewall's death at Chancellorsville, neither Lee nor his army was ever the same again.

Aside from the purely military virtues, Lee exuded a sense of human greatness, distinctly missing in most of the other Generals - a dignified Southern aristocrat, full of the Confederate spirit at its noblest.

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In May 1863, Genral Robert E. Lee fought and defeated the Unions Army again in Chancellorsville, by splittting his army and delivering a flanking attack on the Unions army while General Robert E. Lee's army was outnumbered two to one. This is said to be his greatest victory.

By wrong-footing Hooker and refusing to fight on the field Hooker had chosen. Then sending in Stonewall Jackson for a surprise attack at Chancellorsville that totally routed the Union troops.

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Yes, he used that word when assessing the situation before Second Bull Run.

Lee had known Pope before the war, and identified him as just a big talker, not a General to be taken seriously.

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Roberta F. Lee. She was the cook for the continental army and was the first woman in the army

Quick, bold thrusts, always aware of what a difference a couple of days could make, and always trying to wrong-foot the enemy by making him fight where he wasn't expecting to.

His plans were usually carried out by Stonewall Jackson, who was his ideal fighting partner, until Jackson's death at Chancellorsville in May 1863. Neither Lee nor his army was ever the same again.

A set of Lee's orders, accidentally dropped in the field by a Confederate officer.

By chance, these were found by Union troops and shown to McLellan. The document revealed that Lee's army was divided into three parts that were widely separated. McLellan rejoiced that he now had the game in his hands: he could destroy Lee's divisions piecemeal.

But there was a Confederate spy in his camp, who was able to get word to Lee about the new situation. Even then, McLellan could have destroyed Lee's army, if he had moved at once. But he delayed just long enough to allow Lee to concentrate his forces.

McLellan did win the ensuing battle, but failed to destroy the Army of Northern Virginia, either during the battle, or afterwards when that army was retreating back to Virginia in a vulnerable position.

This performance earned McLellan the sack by Lincoln. The Confederate defeat, however, had momentous consequences for the outcome of the war. It gave Lincoln the credibility to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, which turned the war into an official crusade against slavery, making it impossible for Britain and France to aid the South without looking pro-slavery themselves.

That careless Confederate officer has a lot to answer for!

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General Robert E. Lee was a career soldier. He graduated second in his class from the United States Military Academy (West Point) in 1829. He served in the United States Army until he resigned in 1861, accepting the command of Virginia's forces. He later was a military adviser to Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, and commanding general of the Army of Northern Virginia. After the Civil War, Lee was appointed president of Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) in October 1865 where he served until his death in 1870.

Henry 'Light Horse Harry' Lee was Robert E. Lee's father.

Because he disapproved of secession, but he was passionately concerned with the fortunes of his home-state of Virginia.

His home, actually his wife's home, was Arlington, Virginia; now the National Cemetery; but he lived wherever the army stationed him.

General; In accordance with the substance of my letter to you of the 8th inst., I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit: Rolls of all officers and men to be made in duplicate, one copy to be given to an officer to be designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate. The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the Government of the United States until properly [exchanged], and each company or regimental commander to sign a like parole for the men of their commands. The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked, and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage. This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to his home, not to be disturbed by the United States authorities so long as they observe their paroles, and the laws in force where they may reside.

Robert Lee - golfer - was born on 1961-10-12.

Robert Smalls killed him.

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President Abraham Lincoln wanted Robert E. Lee to command the Union troops. Lee was a great soldier and military leader.

But, being born and raised in the state of Virginia, Lee could not accept Lincoln's offer. Although Robert E. Lee never wanted a Civil War, or for the nation to divide, he felt a loyalty to his Southern Homeland.

Lincoln admired Lee's decision, but, Lincoln also knew that without Lee on the Union's side it would be a long and bloody war.

If Robert E. Lee had fought with the Union, there may have not been an American Civil War, or a very short war, that would have not caused as much destruction, pain, suffering, and death as the actual war that had to be fought.

General Robert E. Lee made two important assumptions as the Battle of Antietam was about to unfold in September of 1862. One such assumption was that troops led by General Stonewall Jackson would arrive from Harper's Ferry sooner than they did. Jackson's late arrival to join Lee potentially allowed for Lee to be attacked by Union General George B. McClellan's army with a two to one troop advantage. The second assumption of Lee that McClellan would delay his attack was true.

He was one of the very few officers who guessed it would be a long war.

He revived the morale of the Army of Northern Virginia, and led it to a string of victories in summer 1862, causing the British to consider granting official recognition and sending military aid. (Only his chancedefeat at Antietam prevented this.)

His spectacular victory at Chancellorsville gave him the confidence to invade Pennsylvania. Some say he should have sent half his army West to defend the Mississippi. But Lee had a blind spot about the West, being so fixated on the defence of Virginia.

In the Overland campaign, he won the battles, but lost the war, because Grant kept him pinned down at Petersburg, preventing him from making his characteristic quick, bold thrusts.

By the time he was appointed General-in-Chief, it was too late to make any difference. But he did inspire fanatical loyalty in his men to the end.

Yes - a difficult decision because Lincoln had offered him the job of General-in-Chief of the Union armies.

But he decided that he was a Virginian first and an American second. So he jointed the Confederates.