Robert E Lee Failure

Robert E. Lee was a General for the Confederate army. Lee had always been committed to his obligations in the military. “In 1846, Lee got the chance he’d been waiting his whole military career for when the United States when to war with Mexico. Serving under General Winfield Scott, Lee distinguished himself as a brave battle commander and brilliant tactician.” (Biogrpahy.com). General Scott thought highly of Lee. But, Lee’s life away from battle was difficult for him to handle. He just didn’t know what to do with his life since he was so engulfed in the battle(s). “In 1859 Lee returned to the Army, accepting a thankless position at a lonely cavalry outpost in Texas. In October of that year, Lee got a break when he was summoned to put an end to a slave insurrection led by John Brown at Harper’s Ferry. Lee’s orchestrated attack took just a single hour to end the revolt, and his success put him on a short list of names to lead the Union Army should the nation go to war.” (Biography.com).
Lee had a great reputation of one of the best commanders in the United States Army. When “Abraham Lincoln offered Lee the command of the Federal forces in April 1861. Lee declined and tendered his resignation from the army when the state of Virginia seceded on April 17, arguing that he could not fight against his own people. Instead, he accepted a general’s commission in the newly formed Confederate Army.” (Civilwar.org). During the Civil War Lee did not care that he was beating the Union’s Army. He wanted to prove that the Confederates were top dog. “Yet despite foiling several attempts to seize the Confederate capitol, Lee recognized that the key to ultimate success was a victory on Northern soil. In September 1862, he launched an invasion into Maryland with the hope of shifting the war’s focus away from Virginia.”