The+Wilderness+Confederate+Generals

Considered maybe one of the best generals of all time, General Robert E. Lee. He brought the Confederate army many wins even when they were outnumbered two to one it didn't matter, he would still overcome in the end of the battles but in the end his army ended up losing the war.

Living through the years January 19, 1807 to the year October 12 1870, Robert E. Lee. He was a United States Army officer, a combat engineer, and among the most celebrated generals in American history. Robert E. Lee was the son of Major General Henry Lee lll. He was a top graduate of West Point, he distinguished himself as an exceptional soldier in the U.S Army for thirty-two years. When it came to be the American civil war though in early 1861, Abraham Lincoln invited Lee to take command of the entire Union Army. Lee declinded for his home state of Virgina was seceding from the Union, despite Lee's wishes. General Robert E.Lee was mostly known for being a Confederate general in the civil war.

Now General Robert E. Lee's role in the wilderness. Leading 61,025 Confederate troops, General Lee marched into The Wilderness. For General Lee it was important to fight in the Wilderness for the same reason the year before, his army was massively outnumbered by the Union army, his army had worse guns, clothings, plus to fight in the Wilderness would make the Union's army unable to use their cannons and such giving the Confederate army better odds. So General Lee attacked the Union's army on may 5-7 in 1864 in the wilderness. All and all though the battle ended up a stalemate.