was robert e lee ask to fight for the union army
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Lee resigns from U.S. Army A+E Networks. Colonel Robert E. Lee resigns from the United States army two days after he was offered command of the Union army and three days after his native state, Virginia, seceded from the Union. Lee opposed secession, but he was a loyal son of Virginia.
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Robert E. Lee Instead, he accepted a general’s commission in the newly formed Confederate Army. His first military engagement of the Civil War occurred at Cheat Mountain, Virginia (now West Virginia) on September 11, 1861. It was a Union victory but Lee’s reputation withstood the public criticism that followed.nstead, he accepted a general’s commission in the newly formed Confederate Army. His first military engagement of the Civil War occurred at Cheat Mountain, Virginia (now West Virginia) on September 11, 1861. It was a Union victory but Lee’s reputation withstood the public criticism that followed.
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Robert E. Lee Biography Robert Edward Lee. Biography. (1807-1870), American soldier, general in the Confederate States army, was the youngest son of major-general Henry Lee, called  Light Horse Harry.. He was born at Stratford, Westmoreland county, Virginia, on the 19th of January 1807, and entered West Point in 1825.
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Robert E. Lee owned slaves, and other facts on the Civil War general Lee owned slaves of his own before the Civil War, as late as 1852, and considered buying more even after that, according to Elizabeth Brown Pryor's biography, which is based on Lee's writings and correspondence.
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People Lee declined an offer to command the Union Army at the outbreak of the Civil War and offered his services to his native state. After serving in several administraive and field postions, he was assigned to command the Confederate Army at Richmond, which he named the Army of Northern Virginia.
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Confederacy approves black soldiers Lee and Confederate President Jefferson Davis had only two options. One was for Lee to unite with General Joseph Johnston’s army in the Carolinas and use the combined force to take on Sherman and Grant one at a time. The other option was to arm slaves, the last source of fresh manpower in the Confederacy.
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- Lee in a letter to his sister, April 20, 1861. The idol of the South to this day, Virginian Robert E. Lee had some difficulty in adjusting to the new form of warfare that unfolded with the Civil war, but this did not prevent him from keeping the Union armies in Virginia at bay for almost three years.
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US History/Print version Confidence votes 603. To become a soldier in the civil war you must be the age of eighteen. Back in the 1860's you didn't have any birth certificates for proof so a lot of minors went in the war. You actually had to be about sixteen, if you were in the Confederacy.IF you were in the UNion you had to be 18. Until then, you could be a drummer boy.ome soldiers as young as 12 and 13 participated in the war. Men as old as about 45 were welcomed into the Army. Man … y of the generals and colonels were much older. Robert E Lee was 58 at the end of the war. General Winfield Scott was 75 years old when he resigned early in the Civil War.
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Robert E. Lee Robert E. Lee, in full Robert Edward Lee, (born January 19, 1807, Stratford, Westmoreland county, Virginia, U.S.—died October 12, 1870, Lexington, Virginia), Confederate general, commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, the most successful of the Southern armies during the American Civil War (1861–65).
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Robert E. Lee's Surrender at Appomattox Robert E. Lee's Surrender at Appomattox Picture of Robert E. Lee's Surrender at Appomattox from the pages of Harper's Weekly Details of the Day as Recalled by General Ulysses S. Grant
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Robert E. Lee Biography Biography. (1807-1870), American soldier, general in the Confederate States army, was the youngest son of major-general Henry Lee, called  Light Horse Harry .. He was born at Stratford, Westmoreland county, Virginia, on the 19th of January 1807, and entered West Point in 1825.
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Civil War In 1863 those who wished to fight for the Union were allowed to enlist in the army and navy. Of the 179,000 African Americans who fought for the United States in the war, some 20,000 came from Tennessee.In September 1864 General William T. Sherman's Union army forced the Army of Tennessee to abandon Atlanta.n 1863 those who wished to fight for the Union were allowed to enlist in the army and navy. Of the 179,000 African Americans who fought for the United States in the war, some 20,000 came from Tennessee.
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- Robert E. Lee died on October 12, 1870 at the age of 63.
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Robert E. Lee dies Robert E. Lee dies. General Robert Edward Lee, the commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, dies peacefully at his home in Lexington, Virginia. He was 63 years old. Lee was born to Henry Lee and Ann Carter Lee at Stratford Hall, Virginia, in 1807.
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- It would be useless and therefore cruel, to provoke the further effusion of blood, said Confederate General Robert E. Lee, and I have arranged to meet with General Grant with a view to surrender..
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Robert E. Lee Robert E. Lee summary: Confederate General Robert E. Lee is perhaps the most iconic and most widely respected of all Civil War commanders. Though he opposed secession, he resigned from the U.S. Army to join the forces of his native state, rose to command the largest Confederate army and ultimately was named general-in-chief of all Confederate land forces.
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Robert E. Lee Robert E. Lee in the Mexican War. 1  Lee as Superintendent of West Point. 2  Lee Enters The Civil War With The Confederecy. 3  General Lee Takes Command of the Army. 4  The Gettysburg Campaign. 5  Lee’s Surrender And The End Of The Civil War. 6  Lee After The Civil War. 7  Articles Featuring Robert E. Lee From History Net Magazines.
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- The commander of the Confederate army was General Robert E. Lee. Lee was originally offered command of the Union Army by President Lincoln, but he rejected the offer because he didn't want to fight against his fellow Virginians.
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- In May 1863, Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia had scored a smashing victory over the Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville. Brimming with confidence, Lee decided to go on the offensive and invade the North for a second time (the first invasion had ended at Antietam the previous fall).
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Robert E. Lee Biography But Lee's commitment to the Army was superseded by his commitment to Virginia. After turning down an offer from President Abraham Lincoln to command the Union forces, Lee resigned from the military and returned home.
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- April 8th, 1865. General R.E. Lee, Commanding C.S.A.: Your note of last evening in reply to mine of the same date, asking the conditions on which I will accept the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, is just received.
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- C- 20,141. Confed. Fought outside Richmond, this series of battles was Robert E. Lee’s first big victory over the North. During the course of the week Lee, even though outnumbered, attacked the Union general, George. McLellan, so furiously that the Union army was forced to retreat back to Washington.
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- Robert E. Lee. (Redirected from Robert E. Lee (Confederate general)) Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was an American general known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865.
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Robert E. Lee Biography Confederate general who led southern forces against the Union Army in the American Civil War, Robert Edward Lee was born January 19, 1807, at his family home of Stratford Hall in northeastern Virginia. Lee was cut from Virginia aristocracy.
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- General Robert Edward Lee. Unquestionably the greatest general in the Confederacy, as well as the finest soldier in the field on both sides, Robert Edward Lee was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia on January 19, 1807. Although he was personally opposed to slavery and succession, he remained loyal to his beloved Virginia.
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Robert E. Lee The Mississippi River steamboat Robert E. Lee was named for Lee after the Civil War. It was the participant in an 1870 St. Louis – New Orleans race with the Natchez VI, which was featured in a Currier and Ives lithograph. The Robert E. Lee won the race.