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Confederate Generals

Robert E. Lee (1807-1870). Born in Stratford Hall Plantation, Virginia. Robert Lee was not just an outstanding general, he was also a combat engineer along with one of the most well known, and celebrated generals in America's history. He was a soldier for the United States Army for thirty-two years! Abraham Lincoln asked Robert if he wanted to command the entire Union Army but he declined because his state of Virginia was seceding from the Union.

Lt. Gen. Richard Ewell (1817-1872). Born in Georgetown, Washington D.C. As the day of the Civil War approached, Richard went from pro-Union to pro-Confederate because his state of Virginia was beginning to secede from the Union. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1840. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the first U.S Dragoons. He served with Philip St. George Cooke and Stephen Kearny on an escort along the Santa Fe and Oregon Trail.

Lt. Gen. Ambrose Hill (1825-1865) Born in Culpeper Virgina. Hill graduated from the United States Military academy in 1847. He was given the position 2nd Lieutenant of the first United States Artillery. He was appointed colonel for the 13th Virginia Infantry Regiment. He was later promoted to brigadier general and leader of a command of a brigade for the Confederate Army. Robert E. Lee once wrote that Ambrose Hill was one of the best soldiers in the Army.

Lt. Gen. James Longstreet(1821-1904) Born in Edgefield District, South Caroina. After the war, Longstreet worked for the government as a diplomat, administrator, and civil servant. In Longstreet's first two years he served in Missouri. When he was nine he was sent to live on a plantaion with his Aunt and Uncle in Augusta, Georgia. When his family moved after James's father's death, but James remained on the plantaion.

Maj. Gen. Lafayette Mclaws(1821-1897) Born in Augusta Georgia. Mclaws and James Longstreet went together to Tennesee, and they eventually came to the aid of General Braxton Bragg. Mclaws claimed that Longstreet had used him as a "scapegoat" in the failed Knoxville Campaign. Longstreet had filed charges against Mclaws, and Mclaws never forgave Longstreet for the acions he commited during the war.

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