At the start of the Civil War, President Lincoln offered Robert E. Lee command of the Union forces. His loyalty to Virginia compelled him to decline and he went on to become the beloved leader of the Confederate army. Because of Robert E. Lee’s reputation in his early life, his strategies in wartime, and his loyalty to Virginia, he became an important figure in American History. Robert E. Lee was born January 19,1807 at his …showed first 75 words of 1512 total…

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