Leader of the Confederate army for the duration of the Civil War
Battles he led:
1. Seven Days' War - Drove McClellan's Peninsula Campaign back to the sea; changed the Union strategy to total war
2. 2nd Battle of Bull Run - defeated John Pope
3. Antietam - military draw vs. McClellan; Lee went back across the Potomac (see Antietam)
4. Vs. Hooker in Virginia - divided his forces and sent "Stonewall" Jackson to attack Union flank
5. Gettysburg (see Gettysburg)
6. Defensive against Union forces pushing towards Richmond (with Grant leading); was a war of attrition-which army would last the longest
Surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia to Grant with generous terms of surrender (April 1865)
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