How Did Robert E Lee's Influence On War

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Robert E. Lee was one of the most important people of the 1800s and the Civil War, as he was the commander of the Confederate Army. Robert E. Lee opposed secession and slavery, but still fought for the Confederates. He was considered the best American general of the time but the war was still lost. Robert’s father had left to explore the West Indies when Robert was six his father, never returned. His mother raised him to be responsible and to have a sense of duty to make sure that he did not leave his family also. That was one of the reasons that he fought for the Confederates, as he could not bare the thought of fighting against the people of Virginia that he grew to love. When he was eighteen he enrolled into West Point Military Academy. When we graduated he was second in his class and with no demerits. This education helped him to become the brilliant commander he was. …show more content…
In the war he helped the general find ways around Mexican fortifications or find ways to capture them. After the Mexican war ended, he resigned from the military and went to work at his plantation. He was offered to lead the union army by President Abraham Lincoln but he declined. “What a cruel thing war is to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors,” Robert E. Lee. This quote from Robert E. Lee shows how much he dislikes war, and how reluctant he was to pick a side. He was forced to though, when Virginia seceded from the Union and joined the war with the Confederates. Robert could not bear thinking about fighting against the people from Virginia so he sided with
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