what battles did robert e lee participate in?
Battle of Gettysburg Battle of Mine Run Battle of Franklin's Crossing Battle of Antietam Battle of Williamsport Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Appomattox Court House Third Battle of Petersburg Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Totopotomoy Creek
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 The military career of Benedict Arnold in 1781 consisted of service in the British Army . Arnold had changed sides in September 1780 , after his plot to surrender the key Continental Army outpost at West Point was exposed . After spending the rest of 1780 recruiting Loyalists for a new regiment called the American Legion , Arnold was sent with 1 @,@ 600 men in late December by General Sir Henry Clinton to Virginia , with instructions to raid Richmond and then establish a strong fortification at Portsmouth . 

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 In reaction to the death of Lt. Gen. Thomas J. " Stonewall " Jackson after Chancellorsville , Lee reorganized his Army of Northern Virginia ( 75 @,@ 000 men ) from two infantry corps into three . 

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 The campaign involved land and naval forces of Great Britain and France , and land forces of the United States . British forces sent to Virginia between January and April 1781 joined with Cornwallis 's army in May , which came north from an extended campaign through the southern states . These forces were first opposed weakly by Virginia militia , but General George Washington sent first the Marquis de Lafayette and then Anthony Wayne with Continental Army troops to oppose the raiding and economic havoc the British were wreaking . The combined American forces , however , were insufficient in number to oppose the combined British forces , and it was only after a series of controversially confusing orders by General Sir Henry Clinton , the British commander @-@ in @-@ chief , that Cornwallis moved to Yorktown in July and built a defensive position that was strong against the land forces he then faced , but was vulnerable to naval blockade and siege . 

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 Lord Charles Cornwallis was a British army officer , civil administrator , and diplomat . His career was primarily military in nature , including a series of well @-@ known campaigns during the War of American Independence from 1776 to 1781 that culminated in his surrender at Yorktown . Following his return to England in 1782 he was prevented by his parole from further participation in the war , and financial demands eventually caused him to seek a position of greater pay than the half @-@ pay that military officers received when not in service . 

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 During the night , Washington called a council of war and asked his officers whether they should stand and fight , attempt to cross the river somewhere , or take the backroads to attack Princeton . Although the idea had already occurred to Washington , he learned from Arthur St. Clair and John Cadwalader that his plan to attack Princeton was indeed possible . Two intelligence collection efforts , both of which came to fruition at the end of December 1776 , supported such a surprise attack . After consulting with his officers , they agreed that the best option was to attack Princeton . 
