Robert E. Lee

Lee for the confederate. When he died the government took over the property and made it into cemetery. They made a cemetery out of his house and also made a personal memorial for him. The cemetery started just as a cemetery and then became a nation United…

Confederate states generals were Robert E. Lee and General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. General McClellan was appointed as a commander after the Battle of Bull Run and helped the inexperienced troops become better soldiers in battle. In page 492 in the American Nation book it states, “McClellan, however, was very cautions. He delayed, leading his troops into battle.” While General McClellan went to battle trying to capture the Confederate capital, General Robert E. Lee attacked McClellan men and…

1. The Battle of Fort Sumter took place on April 12, 1861 near Charleston, South Carolina. The Confederate Army invaded Fort Sumter with 500 soldiers and ending up facing only eighty Union Soldiers. At the end of the battle, there were no deaths or casualties but it did signify the start of the Civil War. 2. Being the first battle to involve any casualties, the First Battle of Bull Run took place July 21, 1861 in Manassas, Virginia. This battle resulted in a win for the Confederate Army…

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…

where he protected a colonel in command of secure at Rappahannock River. George E. Pickett was a Confederate during the American Civil War (1861–1865) and one of the most powerful leaders in the Army of Northern Virginia. He was born in Richmond Virginia. He really loved it there growing to be a leader. He led the pickets charge also read by the name Pickett. But he did not lead the attack. It was led by Robert E lee. Against Gorge Meade unions position. The battles he fought in were at New…

chains of racism. Adding to the ironic disconnect, this was a result of a 5-4 decision by the Supreme Court - it wasn’t an unanimous decision, but a decision that could have been easily tipped against the favor of minorities with a single vote (Badger, E). Garrett Epps from The Atlantic settled on the best description for this decision: “a near-death experience that may produce health problems for the Act down the road” (Epps,…

On the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Lee’s winning streak came to an end in a disastrous failure, bringing the most catastrophic battle of the American Civil War to an end. On April 12 Confederates sent warships to stop the supply to Fort Sumter and opened up a bombardment, The Civil War was now commenced. On April 15, Lincoln asked for over 75,000 volunteers to conjoin the Northern Army. Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee rendered their ties to the federal government.…

Confederate Generals such as Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson for example are honored not only for their contributions as brilliant southern generals, but also for their devotion as Christian soldiers. Though as times are changing, the general public’s perspective is also changing on how they should be memorialized, causing much controversy. Some contest…

2015, in front of dozens of dozens gathered there to hear him speak. The subject of his speech was the same statue towering above him: the monument to Robert E. Lee at the centerpiece of its nominal location, Lee Circle. Alexander Doyle, a sculptor who created many statues around New Orleans, cast it out of Bronze at the behest of the Robert E. Lee Monumental Association in the late 19th century. The statue faces north, supposedly…

After two years, the Union forces were failing. General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate army were less than 80 miles northwest of the American capital, and they were making progress every day. If they reached Washington D.C., the American people would force President Abraham Lincoln to sign a peace treaty. Already, many northerners fled from the path of Lee’s army, but many waited in nervous anticipation. On July 1, 1863, the armies, with about 75,000 soldiers each, started to fight. The Union…