Robbert E .Lee
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During the American Civil War, the Confederate army that fought in most of the well-known battles in the eastern theater was the Army of Northern Virginia. Positioned in defense of the South's capitol of Richmond, Virginia, this army also invaded Union territory several times during the war. Its most famous battles, and greatest successes, occurred under the leadership of General Robert E. Lee.
There was so such army, as the armies were named after the states they orginated from. General Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in the East, and General Braxton Bragg commanded the Army of Tennessee in the West.
George B. McClellan was the commander of the Union Army of the Potomac and Robert E. Lee was commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Lee had just taken command three weeks earlier.
The primary goal of the battles in Tennessee was to force the Confederate Army farther south into Georgia. The Union Army was successful in forcing the Confederates to retreat.