. Here General Ambrose E. Burnside, who succeeded=20 McClellan,attacked Lee in December at the Battle of Fredricksburg and met = a=20 bloodyrepulse. As the year of 1862 closed, Lee had given the = Confederacy=20 itsgreatest victories and had become an idol of the Southern = people=20 (Comptons). Lee's Greatest victory was the Battle of Chancelorsville in May = of=20 1863.Lee was faced with a larger army led by fighting Joe Hooker. = Lee and=20 hismost trusted lieutenant, General "Stonewall" Jackson, divided = their=20 forcesand through a forced march around General Hooker fell on his = exposed=20 flank,rolling it up, and defeating the Union forces yet again = (Brinkley=20 404).After Chancellorsville, Lee started an offensive movement he = hoped=20 wouldwin the war, an invasion of Pennsylvania. This led to the = greatest=20 landbattle in the Western Hemisphere, Gettysburg. The Army of = Northern=20 Virginialed by Lee, and the Army of the Potomac led by General George=20 Meade,hammered each other for three days. On the 3rd day of battle = General=20 Leehoping to end the war ordered the great frontal assault = popularly known=20 asPickett's Charge. The attack was a huge failure (Brinkley 405). = Lee=20 blamedonly himself. For the next two years, Lee commanded an Army that was poorly = supplied=20 andgetting increasingly smaller. Lee had to go on the defensive. = He=20 inflictedheavy losses on Grant at the battles of The Wilderness, = Spotsylvania,=20 andCold Harbor (Brasington). By April 9th 1865 Lee had no choice but to surrender to Grant. = Lee=20 metGrant at Appomatox Courthouse. As Grant walked in the meeting = room,=20 wearinga dusty privates uniform, he must have been humbled by the man = who rose=20 togreet him. Lee was wearing a noble grey uniform with a polished = sword=20 athis side. Grant and Lee then decided on the terms of the = surrender.=20 Leeasked Grant if his soldiers could keep their horses. Grant = answered,=20 "Iinsis...
