Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee
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1862

Location of Lee's Headquarters Tent at Sharpsburg.

Monument at the Location
of Lee's Headquarters Tent.
Plaque on the Monument
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At Sharpsburg, Lee split his forces in order to seize Harper's Ferry. This became known to Union General McClellan via the famous "lost order". As a result, Lee almost lost his army.

Lee's Hill
From this viewpoint, Lee watched the events during the battle of Fredericksburg. The trees, blocking the view, in this 1998 photograph were gone.

1863
Location of the last meeting of Jackson and Lee.

Upon starting his twelve mile march around General Hooker's Union army at Chancellorsville, resulting in a flanking attack that gave the Confederate's a major victory and cost Stonewall Jackson his life, Jackson had his last meeting with Robert E. Lee at the spot shown in this 1998 photograph. (See Chancellorsville

Lee's Headquarters at Gettysburg 1863 and 1998.

It is argued that Gettysburg was the turning point of the Civil War. Lee, Longstreet, JEB Stuart, and others have been blamed for the Confederate defeat there.