2007-03-02 20:16:02 · 8 answers · asked by kiis0 x3 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Lee, a graduate of West Point, was a brilliant militarist who fought for the South. He felt he had to defend the rights of his native state Virginia. If it were not for Lee, the war would have ended much earlier than it did. He was revered by his men and respected by his adversaries.
A bit of trivia for you. When Lee surrendered at Appomattox, General Grant (North) ordered his men to stand in silence out of respect fore Lee as he worked his way on horseback to the courthouse where he surrendered to Grant.
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2007-03-03 02:50:19 · answer #1 · answered by No one 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
General Robert E. Lee fought for and led the Confederated States of America into battle in The American Civil War.
2007-03-02 20:26:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
general Lee was in charge of the Confederate States of America Army. he fought for the Southern Cause against the Union Army.
2007-03-03 00:49:06 · answer #3 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the War first started, he was in the Army of The United States of America. When his own home State of Virginia did split from the Union, he thought it over. He did decide to Resign his Commission with the Army and go to his Home State. Later, he did take command of the Confederate Army because his thoughts were with his State of Virginia.
2007-03-03 02:29:36 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Robert E Lee was offered to lead the UNION army but declined, not because he was proslavery, not because he wanted the desolve of the union, but because he could not fight against his own country, Virginia. He was offered and accepted head of the Confederate Army.
2007-03-06 15:54:04 · answer #5 · answered by Gardner? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hint, the position become the capital of the Confederacy? answer- Richmond Virginia. certain Virginia become very a lot area of the Confederacy. generic Robert E. Lee become the commander of the military Of Virginia, the biggest and maximum efficient combating unit of the South. it will be demanding to inform today because Virginia seems extra like the Northeast than the former South yet decrease back in 1860's Virginia become the 2d greatest slave protecting state.
2016-11-27 01:35:50 · answer #6 · answered by zoelle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
confederate general , the head of the military forces.
2007-03-02 20:19:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was on Confederate side of course........Did you know his birthday is the same as Martin Luther King??
2007-03-02 20:25:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋