Robert E. Lee

During the American Civil War, General Robert E. Lee's attempted invasions of the North in 1862 and 1863 suggest various things about his qualities as a leader and general. Above all, they demonstrate his willingness to take risks for the sake of great rewards: one may not succeed where the risk is high, but if one does then victory becomes all the more achievable.

Robert E. Lee is most remembered as a leading general of the Confederate Army. Before the Civil War he served in the U. S. Army, including a stint as the superintendent charge of the US Military Academy at West Point.

He went with his state.

Lincoln had offered him the job of General-in-Chief of all the Union armies. Lee said he would accept the job, only if Virginia voted against joining the Confederacy.

But they voted in favour. So Lee became one of the five Union Army generals who resigned to join the Confederates.

Virginia.

He did not approve of secesson, but felt he had to go with his state.

That's why he turned down Lincoln's offer to command all the Union armies.

He was the President of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia.

General Lee's estate was taken by the Union because of non-payment of taxes, and turned into Arlington National Cemetery, which it is to this day

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General Grant's terms were generous. The Confederate soldiers had to lay down their arms, but then were free to go home. They were also given rations upon surrender. Approximately 25,000 rations were made available.

Robert E. Horton was born on 1875-05-18.

No. He was one of a good number of Southerners who opposed slavery. He was actually quite the Southern Gentleman, more of a gentleman than Grant was. Lee never smoked, drank alcohol, or cursed in public. Many of his superiors in previous years viewed him as the best soldier since George Washington. He definitely wasn't racist.

"So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that Slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interest of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this that I would have cheerfully lost all that I have lost by the war, and have suffered all that I have suffered to have this object attained."

General Robert E. Lee, May 1, 1870

It is clear that Robert E. Lee was not waging a war because he was in favor of slavery. His valiant efforts were to protect Virginia and other Southern states from Union invasion. At best his chances of success were always 50-50 or less.

It is also important to separate slavery from racism. It's clear that in those days and farther into the future, even some abolitionists were against slavery but did not believe in the equality of races. If that were not so, then men like Martin Luther King Jr. must have been wasting their time. Racism is real in almost every part of the world. And it covers evil voices of any color or race one can think of.

Before the American Civil War, Robert E. Lee was a plantaion owner and member of the southern aristocracy. As such, he certainly owned many horses to draw wagons and coaches,as well as for riding and hunting. Lee's plantation overlooking Washington DC, Arlington, was confiscated by the Union Army and turned into a military cemetery. This was done as retribution for Lee's treason in abandoning his West Point commission in the US Army to lead the secessioist rebellion. Probably the most well know of Lee's horses was named "Traveler." This was the horse he rode during his leadership of the Army of Northern Virginia.

Abraham Lincoln died April 15, 1865 but the Civil war was not over until May 24, 1865.

Lee had very pale blue etes, almost gray.

The Commander in Chief of the Confederacy was his President, Jefferson Davis.

Robert E. Lee became the commander of the Army of the Northern Virginia in 1862 and General in Chief of the Confederate Army on February 6,1865.

he was general of confederate forces during the civil war

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Robert E. Lee - FCC - died in 1993.

Virginia.

The Confederates in general, and Lee in particular, felt emotive about saving Virginia. It was like saving the honour of a favourite daughter.

But many of Lee's army were born in Georgia, and when they heard about Sherman's destruction of the Georgian farmland, they deserted in large numbers. (In Confederate legend, they don't like to admit to desertions.)

Meanwhile Grant had ended the system of prisoner-exchange. This meant that the Confederates were bound to run out of men first.

His family home, Arlington, was turned into a graveyard to bury dead Union soldiers. Arlington Cemetary is now a National shrine. Also, Lee's US citizenship was revoked and not restored until 1975, long after his death of course.

Robert E. Lee was not in favor of session, but offered his official resignation from the Union army.soon after Virginia seceded to join the Confederacy. Many sources say Lincoln offered him command of the Federal army in April of 1861. Other sources say he was offered the command of a Union army. Either way he was loyal to his home State of Virginia. He began as a major general with the Confederacy. Lee and George B. McClellan both served under General Winfield Scott as engineer officers in the Mexican War. Scott certainly thought Lee was the best man to command the Federal armies. Scott had rated him as the best and bravest officer in the Mexican War.

His father was Revolutionary War hero "Light Horse " Harry Lee

Also his dad was a medal of honor solider in the war presented to him by the continental congress his mom was Annie Lee Hill and Mary Anna Lee and Robert Edward Lee name a kid after her also.

After General Lee's defeat at Gettysburg, he marched his army south to Maryland and Virginia. He managed to make it across the Potomac ahead of Meade

Meade's troops caught up with Lee as they were crossing, but the rear guard, General Pettigrew's North Carolinians, held Meade's forces off. The Union army itself was too badly hurt to make pursuit tenable.

Meade was severely criticized by Henry Halleck and US President Lincoln on this. Halleck had to remain politically correct and not publicly "correct" Lincoln on military matters that Lincoln was not qualified to make.

Halleck was certainly aware of the difficulty of totally destroying the Army of Northern Virginia. US President Lincoln was consistent with his complaints throughout the war that his generals failed, in his view of properly pursuing enemy forces.

Part of the reason for this was that Lincoln was not a military expert.