Robert E. Lee

General Lee did not surrender in Atlanta. He surrendered at Appomattox Court House in Virginia.

The Union Army of the Potomac under General Joseph Hooker stood between Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia and the Potomac River. Beginning on June 3, 1863, Lee, once again out maneuvered Hooker by conducting a flank march to the west with two corps, while the remaining corps maintained contact. It was not until June 9, 1863 that Hooker became aware of Lee's movement and, was undecided what to do about it. Lee's marching orders varied from 30 miles a day to as low as 15 miles a day. The Blue Ridge mountains provided Lee with protection from a flank attack from Hooker. Lee was able to cross the Potomac River, and thus, the closer he came to the unplanned battle of Gettysburg. To this point. Lee's invasion into Pennsylvania was a success. He was buying or impressing all the food supplies he needed from the Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania.

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Probably a heart attack, as a result of at least one stroke suffered earlier

He was a highly distinguished U.S. Army officer, to whom Lincoln offered supreme command of all the Union forces in the run-up to the Civil War.

Lee said he would have to wait to see whether his home-state of Virginia voted to join the Confederacy. He was one of many prominent Virginians who disapproved of secession, but who considered themselves Virginians first and Americans second.

When Virginia did secede, Lee reluctantly resigned his commission and threw in his lot with the Confederates.

In the first year, he was not able to influence the war very much, but when Joe Johnston was severely wounded at Fair Oaks, Lee took command of the Army of Northern Virginia and led it to a series of brilliant victories, in partnership with Stonewall Jackson. He then failed in his two attempts to invade the North, and after Stonewall was killed at Chancellorsville, neither he nor his army were quite the same again, being forced to surrender to Grant after a long siege in defence of the Confederate capital, Richmond.

Much more than his President, Jefferson Davis, he is regarded as the true figurehead of the Lost Cause, a largely mythical interpretation of the Southern life as a world of chivalry and honour.

yeah, I'm pretty sure he runs a farm in vermont somewhere...whether it's for a living or not, that i don't know - but a farmer he is...

Many historians believe that Robert E. Lee's victory at the second battle of Bull Run was part of a larger strategy to set forth a Confederate offensive. When the rear guard of Union General Pope's army withdrew to Washington DC, to bolster the city's defenses on September 2, 1862, Lee made his crucial decision.

By the end of the next day, Lee leisurely moved his army on a March to Leesburg Virginia. There he reorganized his forces for the crucial invasion of Maryland. The defeat of Pope's army opened up the next phase of the war. This decision made only 6 hours after the retreat of Pope to Washington DC.

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The Marble model at West Point. During the war, they called him Granny Lee because they lost the first couple battles then they stopped. His soldiers called him the King of Spades for a while but then that name faded too.

he was a genral of the south and the leader of the confederate army

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Robert E. Lee did not loose a leg---at least not in battle. I don't think he lost one due to some complications of old age. He died a few years after the war ended.

On Feb. 6, 1865

General Lee started started meeting with General Grant to negotiate terms of surrendering the civil war.

They turned it into the Arlington military cemetery - still there today.

This is based on opinion, but I would say he was like George Washington.

The southern commander was General Robert E. Lee.

it was a very professional surrender. both men had already known each other from a while back and they both respected each other a great deal

He was appointed General-in-Chief of the Confederate armies in January 1865 - much too late to make any difference.

Before that, there had been no such post. The Confederate President Jefferson Davis considered that he himself ought to be directing the armies, but made a bad job of it.

The crucial Battle of Antietam was a dangerous mission for the Army of Northern Virginia Under the command of Robert E. Lee. His decision to stand and fight on September 17, 1862, instead of retreating on the 16th has caused Lee's critics to point out that this was a tactical error. By doing so, he exposed his army to even more losses, even close enough to cause his entire army to be destroyed. In Lee's defense, it should be remembered that the South's public morale was a necessity to keep the South optimistic that their bid for independence stood a good chance of success. Lee's decision to not retreat resonated favorably with Southern citizens, and despite the failure in Maryland, Lee's standing with the public remained high and the morale of Lee's soldiers quickly was revived.