Robert E. Lee at age 31, then a young Lieutenant ... and is consumed with preparation for upcoming battles. In the Battle of Chancellorsville, Lee is able to ward off the Union Army despite ...

Grant than Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Lee was born the fourth ... Union offensives at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville; in the latter battle he prevailed, despite being outnumbered ...

With the Union and Confederate capital cities so close together, it seemed common sense for the Union to use its manpower and industrial advantage to take the quickest route to end the war: seize the ...