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by Ana Maria Viteri. RobeRT e. lee and Civil war .
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by Ana Maria Viteri RobeRT e. lee and Civil war
This man was one of the most know ledged and trained generals in the entire war. Thanks to his education in the prestigious military academy of West Point. He had excelled in mathematics in his High School and portrayed himself very classy and intimidating. Very determined to whatever he set his mind to was definitely a very powerful strength of his. Robert e. lee
Since Robert attended a very respected school his training and preparation excelled everyone’s when it comes to the North. However disregarding the fact that he was the second best student in his grade for High School and the time spent in the Military Academy, all of that was not enough in order to obtain triumph in this war. Where did he get his education?
The impact that Robert E. Lee had in the war was undeniable. He came from being the general to commander in chief. Even though lived in the North at the end he decided to own his loyalty to his roots, and offered his help to Virginia which soon ended up being part of the Confederacy. So it was very obvious that this impacted the North quite a lot due to the fact that they were losing a great individual who could possibly help this troop succeed against their opponent: The South. How much was his impact for the North?
In January 31, 1865 was promoted to general in chief of Confederacy forces. By this time the power in the South’s side was becoming weaker and weaker each, resulting to unchecked decisions such as making the slaves work as soldiers, it was obvious that they had very little training regardless of the fact that they did do a training clinic prior the any battle. This was very big, because soon the end of the war was near due to the fact that they would have to surrender. What certain action benefited the North?
At the end, Robert E. Lee had tried the hardest in trying to obtain triumph for all the Southerners, however his desire to achieve such goal was not enough. The North did end up taking the throne, otherwise life as we know it today would only by a dream. Great commander?