He was offered the job of General-in-Chief of all the Union armies. But although he disapproved of secession, he felt his first duty was to go with his home-state of Virginia, and he joined the Confederates.
T.J. Jackson of Virginia.
General Lee of virginia led the confederate army and General Grant led the union army
General Lee surrendered to General Grant at the home of Wilmer and Virginia McLean in the town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9, 1865.
Robert E. Lee. He decided to go with his state, Virginia.
Maybe not much. But there was another town called Appamatox Court House. This was where General Lee surrendered his army to General Grant, thus ending the Civil War.
West Virginia was formed from fifty counties in Virginia that refused to secede from the United States. Virginia seceded, but West Virginia became a new state and joined the Union.
Robert E. Lee .
yes he was a confederate general from virginia. how do you not know this?
Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
After General Scott offered him command of the Union army, which he refused, Lee said he could never draw his sword against his home state, Virginia. Lee was opposed to secession.
T.J. Jackson of Virginia.
Robert E. Lee
General Robert E Lee of Virginia
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox, effectively ending the Civil War.
Richard J. Oglesby was a Union General in the war. Several Civil War battles begin with O including the battle of Oak Grove, Virginia, the battle of Old Church, Virginia and the battle of Okolona, Mississippi.
Ohio Old Church (Virginia) Opequon (Virginia) Ord (Union Major General) Oglesby (Union General, later senator) O'Neal (Confederate Brigadier General)
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