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  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Stratford Hall, Virginia
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Lexington, Virginia
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Declining Lincoln's offer to command the Union Army, Robert E. Lee led the Confederate Army, eventually surrendering to General Grant in 1865.

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Originally opposed to Confederacy, considering the dissolution of the Union a calamity, Lee turned down an offer to lead the Union army and joined the Confederacy when his home state of Virginia seceded. A brilliant tactician, Lee exhibited success against Union forces but lost the overall strategic battle and surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox on April 9, 1865.

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