Army of Northern Virginia
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Army of Northern Virginia the main Confederate army in the East during the
Civil War, the Army of Northern Virginia was commanded from June 1, 1962, by Gen.
Robert E. Lee. At its peak in 1863, it numbered some 75,000 men. Under Lee's command the Army of Northern Virginia participated in the
Seven Days',
Second Bull Run,
Antietam, and
Fredericksburg campaigns of 1862; the
Chancellorsville and
Gettysburg campaigns in 1863; and the
Wilderness,
Spotsylvania, and
Cold Harbor battles in 1864. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia, on April 9, 1865.
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