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​ Robert E. Lee by Chris


 * Robert E. Lee was the commander of the Confederate Army (Army of Northern Virginia)
 * Opposed secession but belived that the Union sould not be held together by force


 * Lee surrenderd to Grant at Appomatox Court House in Virginia


 * Was asked by Lincoln to lead Union forces but refused because he didn't want to fight aginst his family in Virginia.
 * Lee urged all Southerners to reunite as Americans after the Civil War.


 * Born January 19th 1807 died October 12th 1870.
 * Deceased but remembered
 * He may have tried to destroy the Union, but he sure did a good job of it.