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Who Was Robert E Lee

Published on Nov 21, 2015

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General Robert E Lee was the most important confederate civil war general.general lee defeated larger federal armies several times in Virginia. With his surrender on April 9,1885, the civil war was considered over

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Robert E Lee was a confederate general in the American civil war.he led the confederate troops against the union army.

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He attended West Point and became an engineer in the United States Army serving with distinction in the Mexican war joined the forces of the south.in 1862, he was made commander of the confederate army of northern virginia.became famous as he led the army to a series of victories over the larger and better union forces.

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Robert E Lee came to military prominence during the us civil war commanding Virginias armed forces and becoming general in chief of the confederate forces

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Born January,19,1807, in Stratford Virginia Robert e Lee came to military prominence during the us civil war commanding his home states armed forces and becoming general in chief of the confederate forces towards the end of the conflict

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Eventually Robert e Lees army of northern virginia was driven away from Pennsylvania by union general George Meade and his army of the Potomac.

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Robert e Lees army of Virginia was further decimated after Ulysses s grant was made commander of the union army.

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Grant waged dozens of surprise attacks against lees army in the wilderness of Virginia in 1864.

Robert e Lees fought in the battle of Calvin frankson.

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Robert e lees rank during the civil war was a general and leader of the confederate army.he was the leader of the confederate army.

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Robert e Lee also fought in the battle of Shiloh.

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From his days at West Point he knew personally many of the Yankee generals and how they planned their battles.