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Antietam Confederate Generals By: Allison T., Grace A., and Tori M. **__General Robert Edward Lee:__** He was born on January 19, 1807 and died on October 12, 1870. When the south seceded from the Union Lincoln asked him to be commander of the US army but he declined. Lee was the reason that the south lasted so long in the war. He was an impotant general in US history and a combat engineer. He graduated from West Point and was a soldier for 32 years.


 * __General James Longstreet:__ He was born on January 8, 1821 and died on January 2, 1904. Longstreet was one of the main confederate generals and served directly under Lee, and was the corps commander for many battles. After the was he was a diplomat, a civil servant, and an administrator. **


 * __General Thomas Jonathan Jackson:__ He was born on January 21, 1824 and died on May 10, 1863. Jackson is commonly known as Stonewall Jackson because during the Battle of Bull Run he stayed standing there like a stonewall. He was accidentally shot at in the Battle of Chancellorsville and had to get is arm amputated which he lived through but the died from pneumonia about a week later. **

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