a number of Southern West Point graduates sided with the Confederate cause and left the Union Army. I believe General Robet E. Lee join the confederate cause.............
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The "confederate" army.
There were several. The best known was Robert E. Lee.
There were several. The best known was Robert E. Lee.
Robert E Lee became the commander of the confederacy. He quit the Union army where he was an officer and when Virginia left the union he went with his state.
By listening to Lincoln and leaving their slave maters, they left the south without a lot of their labor force and some even joined the Union Army and served with great distinction. Don't remember many specific facts, but do remember that there was a mostly, African American for lack of a less racist sounding term, company at the battle of New Orleans who did a lot of good work.