Robert E. Lee

The Appomattox Court House is southwest of Richmond, Virginia. The location was easy for both Robert E. Lee and US Grant to meet. There on April 9, 1865 Lee surrendered his troops to US Grant.

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In his capacity as General-in-Chief of the Confederacy, he surrendered to U.S. Grant as General-in-Chief of the Union.

Some say that in his capacity as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, he should have surrendered to the army that defeated him, the Army of the Potomac, under General George Meade.

Mary Anna Custis Lee died in 1873.

none married

I am related to Robert the Bruce if you were referring to the one of Scotland

Robert E. Lee worked as a Confederateleader.

Overall, he didn't help it. He would have helped it greatly if he'd accepted Lincoln's offer of supreme command of the Union army at the beginning. The war would have been over in weeks.

You could say he helped the nation at the end, when he used his authority to stop some of his officers taking to the hills and conducting guerrilla warfare, which might have plagued the South for many years.

Whatever weaknesses were seen in the Army of Virginia led by Union General John Pope, General Lee perceived a danger from it. Lee saw that Pope's army was a threat to the Virginia Central Railroad. This was the rail link to the important Shenandoah Valley. Not wanting to be forced back to defend Richmond if it came under siege, Lee decided to use his advantage in his interior lines to concentrate his forces and assault Pope's army, while McClellan's forces were slowly coming to reinforce Pope. Lee then brought his entire army together to confront Pope.

They had the blockade

He split up his cavalry, which is the reason Gettysburg was a loss for him.

One of his soldiers lost marching instructions, which was found by a Union soldier,

later turned into the bloodiest day in American history: Antietam.

Robert Edward Lee was the most famous Confederacy General in the Civil war. He was first a U.S. soldier, the became a General. He attended West Point, graduating second in his class (which is why he's known for his wits!). In 1862, he was made commander of the Confederacy

Because the casket used was a bit too small for his body

No, He was born in 1807 so he was a young boy during the War of 1812.

Well he was a General in the Civil War and then went on to be one of Presidents of the United States of America.

Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. The exact place was in the parlor in the home of one Wilmer McLean. McLean had moved his family away from their home near Manassas shortly after the First Battle of Bull Run. A move to get away from the fighting that would ultimately put him in the path of it once again.

Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia, the only sizeable Confederate army still in action, were defeated by the Army of the Potomac, commanded by George Meade.

Some say that Meade should therefore have taken the surrender.

However, Lee was also General-in-Chief of the Confederates, so others say that U.S. Grant, as General-in-Chief of the Union, was the right one to do the honours - as he did, at a poignant meeting between America's two top soldiers.

Lee wore colonel's rank insignia during his surrender to Grant. Since being placed in command of the Army of Northern Virginia in 1862, Lee has held the rank of "general" which, of course, makes him senior in rank to the lieutenant generals under his command (Jackson, Longstreet, etc..) Nevertheless, Lee continued to wear a simple coat with the 3 stars on the collar, which is the rank insignia of a Conferderate colonel. The coat worn at the surrender is believed to be a separate coat that Lee kept for formal occasions and likely was worn rarely, if at all, during the war. He also woar a sash and his sword at the surrender, which he never wore day-to-day. Grant, on the other hand, wore his equally simple private's coat with the 3-star lieutenant general's shoulder epaulets that he had worn throughout the Overland campaign.

Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant because the Confederate army was in horrible shape. Plus the Confederate States of America's capital had been captured by the Union. The capital was Richmond, Virginia I think.

The capture of Harper's Ferry with its arsenal was something the Confederates began while still moving north, about five days before the battle. There were 12,000 Yankees in Harper's Ferry and Lee did not want to go past them and leave them behind him, in case they came out and attacked him army while it was going north. It took several days for Jackson's men to get on the three heights overlooking the town and emplace cannon there - one across the Potomac on the Maryland side, and one on either side of the Shenandoah. Once there they had to bombard the Yankees some to convince them to surrender, which they only did after the Rebels began an attack. Meanwhile a copy of Lee's orders had been found by the Yankees, who moved with unusual haste for them, to bring on a battle. Lee was not expecting to fight quite that soon. Jackson left only one division at Harper's Ferry, to finish paroling prisoners and start captured was munitions south. That division marched very rapidly tot he battle and arrived just in the nick of time to save the Confederates from disaster, as the day of the battle was ending.

They went to the same military academy, West Point. But not at the same time - Lee was much older than Grant.

This was Second Manassas (Second Bull Run) in August 1862.

Lee had to act quickly to defeat one part of the Union army, under Pope, before McLellan's larger army was able to reinforce it.

His diversionary tactics were entirely successful, and the Union troops were totally routed.

No. He died five years after the Civil War ended. He died of pneumonia.

yes actually i am his 15th cousin three times removed

A fellow virginian, Washington's virtues and courage inspired Lee to his sense of honor and duty. Lee was always quoting him, and said there was no man like Washington.