To assert the viability of the Confederate States of America, and encourage Britain to intervene on their side.
Also to occupy territory in the North, and to be able to threaten Washington D.C.
The terms were remarkably generous. He just told Lee's army to hand in their weapons, sign the parole, and go home - and if they did that, they would not be persecuted, and Lee would not be arrested. It silenced those Confederate officers who were urging the men to take to the hills and conduct guerrila operations.
Grant gave Lee surprisingly generous terms. If the men would hand in their weapons, and sign the pledge never to take up arms against the United States again, they could go home in peace, and there would be no hangings, jailings, or other persecution.
to go against the presidents orders
Some of Lee's officers were urging the troops to take to the hills and continue the fight with guerrilla tactics. Lee told them to surrender peacefully, hand in their weapons and go home.
The Missouri Compromise
Lee go on the offensive against the North because he hoped a victory in the North might force Lincoln to talk peace and give Virginia farmers a rest from the war during the harvest season.
To assert the viability of the Confederate States of America, and encourage Britain to intervene on their side. Also to occupy territory in the North, and to be able to threaten Washington D.C.
To assert the viability of the Confederate States of America, and encourage Britain to intervene on their side. Also to occupy territory in the North, and to be able to threaten Washington D.C.
To assert the viability of the Confederate States of America, and encourage Britain to intervene on their side. Also to occupy territory in the North, and to be able to threaten Washington D.C.
To assert the viability of the Confederate States of America, and encourage Britain to intervene on their side. Also to occupy territory in the North, and to be able to threaten Washington D.C.
To assert the viability of the Confederate States of America, and encourage Britain to intervene on their side. Also to occupy territory in the North, and to be able to threaten Washington D.C.
Kimora Lee Simmons did not go to fashion school. She graduated from Lutheran North High School in St. Louis, Missouri.
Yes Now is the time.
Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia.
Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg is considered the High Water Mark because Gettysburg is the farthest point north that the South was able to penetrate, and the defense against it prevented Lee from penetrating any further, but that is based on an outmoded view of Gettysburg's strategic importance. In fact, it is overemphasized, and not a decisive battle strategically.
The North didn't retreat. It was Lee and the Confederates who went back to Virginia. McClellan was criticised for not pursuing and destroying them.
John Lee Love did not attend college. Although he grew up in the North, he was still affected by segregation and did not have the same educational opportunities that others had.