Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee Robert E. Lee was born on January 19th, 1807 in Virginia. His family members consisted of greatness such as a president, a chief justice, and signers of the Declaration of Independence. Because of his family’s great achievements, he felt that he himself was also destined for greatness which led him to enroll in the West Point Military Academy at the age of 18. He was just one out of six cadets who graduated from that class without a single demerit. Robert also achieved perfect…

military, but was in confederate territory. The confederates claimed it was theirs, but the union said it was theirs. President Lincoln told union general Robert Anderson to stay in the fort. Fort Sumter was attacked by confederates, but since the cannons were facing the sea the people in Fort Sumter had a hard time fighting back. The people in the fort lasted for 34 hours before surrendering to the confederates…

commanded by General George Meade. Confederate General, Robert E. Lee, failed his second invasion of the North, and he had to retreat back to Virginia after the devastating loss. After Lee’s victory at Chancellorsville, Virginia, Lee looked to attempt a second invasion of the North. The Confederates looked for supplies in the open farmland of Pennsylvania, and hoped to take the war off the destroyed Virginia farmland. But most importantly, Robert looked to get a victory on Northern soil, and…

Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Robert E Lee invaded the north, the north held him off. That was a huge turn around in the war. Robert E Lee lead the south’s army. The north was lead by General George.The battle ended up taking place over three days, the south outnumbered the north and caused them to retire through the town of Gettysburg. On the first day the armies were still coming in all together. General Lee wanted his troops to continue the attack and finish the southerns off. But General Lee…

General Robert E. Lee’s Campaign. (MacDonald, 56) Lee had decided that he wanted to take the war to the Union; the Confederacy had a policy of only fighting to protect their own land. (MacDonald, 56) Lee had decided that the best way to hurt the Union was to attack Maryland; she was a border state, and many of Maryland’s occupants were already sided with the Rebels. So General Lee guessed that the presence of the Rebel army in Maryland would be a good way to win the state over. (MacDonald, 56)…

The Civil War (1861-1865),“was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forbearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides,” (Robert E. Lee). 5 years of bloodshed resulted in the victory of the North, a part of the United States that support the abolition of slavery, low-wage workers, tariffs, and other ideas that the South did not. Although the North named the war victorious, many Southerners believe that it was more the loss of the Confederacy than the victory…

Ulysses S. Grant played a major role in the northern states winning the Civil War. Grant was General of the Union Army during the Civil War, and he was a quite successful General. It was because of General Grant and his men that General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia finally surrendered at the Appomattox Court House. With the start of the Civil War in 1861 Ulysses S. Grant jumped at the opportunity to be a part of the Union Army. The first commanding post that he had was…

Confederate General Robert E Lee found a hole in the Potomac army and outsmarted Hooker causing surround him and lose the battle. 12,000 soldiers died in that single battle alone and yet again the end is shining for Lee. Abraham Lincoln being very angry at Hooker for not pursuing Lee's army front head on because Hooker was behind Lee's army tailing him. For those action…

The Battle of Gettysburg came with abounding death and destruction in the midst of the Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg was a three day long battle from July 1, 1863 to July 3, 1863 that cost the most lives of any Civil War battle. General Robert E. Lee led his troops to the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in a last attempt offensive effort. The war cost the Confederate army a significant defeat that aided in turning the tide of the war fully in favor of the Union Army. Despite the…

Before the war of Gettysburg started, Robert E. Lee had won a tremendous battle at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, in May 1863. After the battle Robert Lee had already came up with a plan to strike the North again. This time he would strike Virginia again, but this time at Gettysburg. With a win at Gettysburg he would hope that the North would stop wanting to fight and he hoped that this war would create peace. I personally think that Robert E. Lee was a luny. I do not know why he…