Quizlet
or
There are no sets in this subject.
No groups found.
| robert e. lee definitions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | general of the confederates (south) | 17 sets | |
| 2 | confederate general | 11 sets | |
| 3 | commander of the confederate army | 9 sets | |
| 4 | confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the union should be held together by force | 7 sets | |
| 5 | general of the confederate army | 7 sets | |
| 6 | leader of the confederate army | 5 sets | |
| 7 | famous confederate general during civil war | 3 sets | |
| 8 | commander of the confederate forces | 3 sets | |
| 9 | a former union general that joined the south after virginia seceded. he was in charge of the confederate army, and led it to many victories. | 3 sets | |
| 10 | commander of the confederate army. | 3 sets | |
| 11 | didn't fight for union because of his allegiance to virginia, became a confederate general, surrendered confederate army at appomattox | 3 sets | |
| 12 | confederate general who urged southerners to accept defeat and reunite when some wanted to fight on after appomattox | 3 sets | |
| 13 | southern commanding general, virginian, smart tactician | 3 sets | |
| 14 | southern general | 3 sets | |
| 15 | outstanding military leader who joined the confederacy. born in virginia. | 2 sets | |
| 16 | commander of confederate army | 2 sets | |
| 17 | confederate commander of the southern forces during the civil war | 2 sets | |
| 18 | person on the confederates side who fought on the battle of antietam | 2 sets | |
| 19 | leader of the confederate troops | 2 sets | |
| 20 | to whom did abraham lincoln first offer command of the northern armies? | 2 sets | |
| 21 | general of the confederacy | 2 sets | |
| 22 | confederate general and skilled strategist. virginian, west point graduate, led the confederacy to many victories. | 2 sets | |
| 23 | general for the confederacy during the american civil war | 2 sets | |
| 24 | surrendered at the appomatox courthouse --> confederate general | 2 sets | |
| 25 | general of the confederate army of northern virginia during the civil war | 2 sets | |
| 26 | lead confederate forces and surrendered to the union's commander general grant at appomattox courthouse. | 2 sets | |
| 27 | was an important confederate because he was the commander-in-chief of the army of northern virginia and later the commander-in-chief of the confederate army | 2 sets | |
| 28 | west point graduate, son of revolutionary war hero, and a respected military leader, he turned down command of the union army offered by president lincoln, he opposed slavery and secession but believed in states' rightsand resigned from the us army when virginia seceeded from the u | 2 sets | |
| 29 | a very competent confederate general. he was defeated at gettysburg but he knew how to run his army. | 2 sets | |
| 30 | almost became commanding general of union, but sided with csa b/c loyalty to virginia, | 2 sets | |
| 31 | confederate leader | 2 sets | |
| 32 | confederate commander of the southern forces during the civil war; left the north to fight for the south because he could not fight against his own home state of virginia | 2 sets | |
| 33 | commander of confederate forces | 2 sets | |
| 34 | american soldier who refused licoln's offer to head the union army and agreed to lead confederate forces | 2 sets | |
| 35 | a post war president of washington college, died saying "strike the tent" | 2 sets | |
| 36 | became commander of the confederate army. | 2 sets | |
| 37 | against slavery, but a general for the south because he was a virginian and wanted to stay loyal to the south | 2 sets | |
| 38 | a | 2 sets | |
| 39 | general for the south | 2 sets | |
| 40 | southern general from virginia; believed in sectionalism | 2 sets | |