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On July 16, 1861, the Union army and confederate army clashed for the first time in the Civil war in a big battle. The Federal army under Gen. McDowell was eventually defeated by Gen Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

On September 27, 1862, near Antietam Creek the Union and Confederate Armies clashed in one of the bloodiest single days of the Civil War, with more than 22,000 casualties. Even if not a complete victory for the Federals, it managed to stop Confederate troop in their advance towards Maryland.

Robert E. Lee (1807 - 1870) was a former Confederate general during the Civil War and one the best strategists in all America at that  time. Even so, he lost major big battles that later enabled the Union to win the war. Later, he became the president of the Washington College in Virginia (now known as Washington and Lee College). He died in Virginia in 1870.