Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee was an American soldier who commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. A Virginian and veteran of the Mexican–American War, he declined a senior Union command in 1861 and won major victories at the Seven Days, Second Manassas, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, but was defeated at Gettysburg in 1863. He surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House on 9 April 1865.