The+WIlderness+Confederate+Generals

The Wilderness Home Page**__T____he Wilderness Confederate Generals__ ** The Confederate Generals, some of the top war generals of all time. In this fight General Robert E. Lee led his army to battle the Wilderness. General Robert E. Lee did a great job fighting the Union being so outnumbered. The South was close to being doubled in numbers but they managed too pull through and even kill more men than the Union could. Also in this fight General Robert E. Lee made sure that the Union would not win this battle. He was successful, but not quite for the South did not win either. General Robert E. Lee was born on January 19th, 1807. Other than being a great war general Robert was a top graduate of West Point. Originally General Robert E. Lee was in the U.S army for 32 years. In early 1861 President Abraham Lincoln asked General Lee to take control of the whole Union army.General Lee did not want to turn on his country but he could not betray his own home state of Virgina, so in June 1862 General Lee took command of Confederate forces in the East. From there on Lee led the south to many victories.