ing it up, and defeating the Union forces yet again (Brinkley 404).After Chancellorsville, Lee started an offensive movement he hoped wouldwin the war, an invasion of Pennsylvania. This led to the greatest landbattle in the Western Hemisphere, Gettysburg. The Army of Northern Virginialed by Lee, and the Army of the Potomac led by General George Meade,hammered each other for three days. On the 3rd day of battle General Leehoping to end the war ordered the great frontal assault popularly known asPickett's Charge. The attack was a huge failure (Brinkley 405). Lee blamedonly himself. For the next two years, Lee commanded an Army that was poorly supplied andgetting increasingly smaller. Lee had to go on the defensive. He inflictedheavy losses on Grant at the battles of The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, andCold Harbor (Brasington). By April 9th 1865 Lee had no choice but to surrender to Grant. Lee metGrant at Appomatox Courthouse. As Grant walked in the meeting room, wearinga dusty privates uniform, he must have been humbled by the man who rose togreet him. Lee was wearing a noble grey uniform with a polished sword athis side. Grant and Lee then decided on the terms of the surrender. Leeasked Grant if his soldiers could keep their horses. Grant answered, "Iinsist upon it." As Lee rode back to his camp, Confederate troopssurrounded him saying, "General are we surrendered? They vowed to go onfighting (Nash). After the war many men came to Lee and said: "Let's not accept this resultas final. Let's keep the anger alive." Lee answered by saying, "Make yoursons Americans." When the war was lost Robert E. Lee took a job aspresident of Washington College, a College of forty students and fourprofessors. Over his time he had trained thousands of men to be soldiers,and had seen many of those thousands killed in battle. Now he wanted toprepare forty of them for the duties of peace (Redmond). ...
