President of Washington College.
command the northern army of Virginia
Before Lee was appointed General-in-Chief in January 1865, there was no such post. The Confederate President, Jefferson Davis, had hoped to be given the job at the outbreak of war, and did not like being 'kicked upstairs' to the presidency. For most of the war, he tried to do the job himself, and failed badly.
Robert E. Lee was the commanding general of the Confederate army in the American Civil War.
Robert E. Lee commanded the Confederate troops in the civil war.
General Robert E. Lee was the commander of the Southern army.
President of Washington College.
Robert E. Lee took that job.
command the northern army of Virginia
Robert E Lee was a Confederate General during the civil war
Robert E. Lee was the LEADER of the confederate states (the south) in the civil war against Ulysses S. Grant, the leader for the Union (north).
Before Lee was appointed General-in-Chief in January 1865, there was no such post. The Confederate President, Jefferson Davis, had hoped to be given the job at the outbreak of war, and did not like being 'kicked upstairs' to the presidency. For most of the war, he tried to do the job himself, and failed badly.
Lee declined the job and resigned his commission to fight for Virginia instead.
Robert E. Lee was the only one promoted Full General in the first months of the war, and still in a top job at the end.
At the outbreak of the war, Lincoln offered Lee the job of General-in-Chief of all the Union armies. Lee would like to have accepted, but felt he had to wait to see whether Virginia voted to join the Confederacy, which he hoped it wouldn't. When it did, he reluctantly turned down the top job, resigned his commission, and joined the Confederates.
He was the commander of the Northern Army of Virginia. In 1865 he became Supreme Commander of all Confederate forces.
Robert E. Lee was defeated in the US Civil War.