Lee's Battle Victories and Defeats: A Civil War Overview

It is really surprising Lee lost. He won many battles but lost some major ones. Lee won major battles like the Battle at Chancellorsville and the Battle of the Second Bull Run. He also lost major battles like the battle at Gettysburg, maybe if Lee would have won the battle of Gettysburg they might have a chance at winning the war.

The Union surrounded the South to cut them off of food and all their supplies. The Union started pushing toward Petersburg and so that they cut off more of the South’s food supplies. Sherman started pushing toward Atlanta, and Hood tried to defend the attack from Sherman but failed and had to go back to Richmond. Sherman started using total war on the city. Killing citizens, burning land, and buildings. Torching everything in his way and killing everyone in his way. Lee still tried to defend Petersburg even though they lost. Lee went back even though the Union had more men. The South was also had many casualties, and sickness so they got weakened and didn’t try hard to win the battles. Grant ran Lee back to Richmond and forced the south out of Richmond. The Union than started torching Richmond and killing everyone in their path.

Lee may have lost many battles, but he also won some major battles. Including the Second Battle of Bull Run. He won this major battle. The battle of

Chancellorsville one of the most bloodiest battles in the war and Lee won it, even though he was outnumbered by about 10,000 to 20,000 people.He tried to push North, just to lose the major battle for the Suth, but the Battle of Gettysburg, the major loss for South.
Lee was born January 19, 1807, in Stanford, Virginia. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy. Lee got married to Mary Anna Curtis lee. They got married in 1831. She came from a famous family. He had seven kids three boys and four girls and their names were George, Mary, William, Agnes, Annie, Robert, and Mildred. Lee’s father was a hero in the American Revolutionary War and his mother came from a rich family. Lee’s father made some wrong business choices and lost all their family’s money. When Lee was two, his father had to go to prison and then went to the West Indies and never returned home.

Longstreet told Lee not to be too aggressive but Lee didn’t listen and until he surrounded Washington. Lee told Jubal Early to push in from one side, in the process killed 11,000 men. Than Lee lost a battle in the North and got pushed back. People say if Lee wouldn’t have pushed too far, he could have won the war against the Union.
Lee’s first command was in western states, and failed by not stopping the Union forces trying to invade. He was superintendent 1852 to 1855, but he would soon know that they would be serving under him or serving opposing to him. In 1855 he left the Military academy to be positioned in the calvary and in 1859. He was called to go tell John Brown’s raid at Harper’s Ferry to stop with all his forces he had under him.
His first military engagement was at Cheat Mountain and he lost but still he still was famous for his great wins.

He then just ignored the criticism from the people in the south because of his lost. He renamed his army and became the main general for the war. He had some major people who helped him too there names are Stonewall Jackson and James Longstreet. Stonewall Jackson isn’t his real name but he is called that for being like a wall during fights. Stonewall Jackson actually died by getting shot by his own man during a battle. He later died after being killed from some sickness. James Longstreet was also good for winning battles next to or with

Lee.
Lee actually fought for the Union during the American Revolutionary War. He then got asked to fight for the Union for the Civil war but then said no because he was Virginia raised. If he would have helped the Union the war probably went a lot faster for the Union, but it would still be hard because they would have still have to fight against Stonewall Jackson and James Longstreet. It still would have been faster if the Union had Lee because he knew how to take less men to kill more men like he did against the Union at the battle at Chancellorsville. He also showed that at the Second Battle of Bull Run. He could not win the battle of Gettysburg though the battle that would have won him the war. He lost it by the Union having the upfield advantage and that cannonballs could roll down the mountain and take out many troops at once.