Robert E. Lee's Tactics During The Civil War

Robert E. Lee Robert E. Lee was a General in the Confederate army and led the south in fighting the Union army in the American Civil War. He was a seasoned general, in fact, he could’ve even led the Union army if he took the offer up from President Lincoln. Before he decided to lead the south, he had thought long and hard because he didn’t really see a purpose for there to be a war centered around slavery. But with his ties to Virginia, he decided to go ahead and lead the Confederates in the Civil War. Robert E. Lee had much respect from the soldiers he lead, and lots of them would blindly follow his orders without thinking twice about them. But at the same time, although he was a general with much experience, a few soldiers still questioned his tactics that he used in the Civil War, especially since it was a loss for the Confederates. General Lee enjoyed to use traditional tactics that usually involved direct assault. He believed sneaky tactics such as …show more content…
His regiment was placed near Little Round Top and was told to defend it until the end to avoid letting the Confederates attaining a high ground advantage. Chamberlain’s regiment took two brutal attacks from the Confederates and he started to run low on men and ammunition. Someone suggested to Chamberlain that they retreat and let the Confederates take the hills, but Chamberlain knows he cannot do this. Suddenly, Chamberlain has a brilliant idea for his remaining men to fix bayonets and charge down the hill at the Confederates. His men agree to it, especially because they will have the advantage charging down the hill at Confederates who have horrible aim as it is, and the fact it’s harder to shoot up a hill than down one. As they begin to charge, the Confederate soldiers retreat in terror of the Union. Many Confederates ended up dead, wounded, or held