It was the darkest times for the North in the five year long American Civil War. President Lincoln could not find a superior officer who would take the charge to the enemy.In contrast, to the great advantage of the out manned and out gunned South was the decision of the most brilliant graduate at West Point Academy, Robert E. Lee to be drummed out of West Point to join the South. Lee felt a loyalty to his native Virginia that he could not refuse.For the next half of the war and more, the masterful strikes, retreats and maneuvers led by Lee kept a far superior northern force at it's wits end.At the ... Read More...