[DOC] [TLE] Confederate States Army - Wikipedia [PAR] The Confederate States Army (CSA) was the military ground force of the 
Confederate States (C.S.), also known as the "Confederacy", while the 
Confederacy existed during the American Civil War. On February 28, 1861, the 
Provisional Confederate Congress established a ... Other Confederate forces 
surrendered between April 16, 1865 and June 28,... [DOC] [TLE] The Last Surrenders of the Civil War | National Archives [PAR] Aug 15, 2016 ... After the fall of Richmond, the Confederate capital, on April 2, 1865, ... The string 
of events marking the end of the war all began with Lee's Appomattox campaign. 
... General Grant's forces counterattacked a week later on April 1 at Five Forks, .... 
He ended the telegram with one exception, "the guerrilla chief... [DOC] [TLE] Robert E. Lee - Encyclopedia Virginia [PAR] In 1865, his beloved home at Arlington having been turned into a national 
cemetery , Lee ... He also became increasingly tied to the Custis family seat at 
Arlington, with its .... Lee wanted to spare Virginians the ravages of two armies 
and he was ..... Davis appoints Robert E. Lee general-in-chief of all Confederate 
forces. [DOC] [TLE] Robert E. Lee - Civil War Trust [PAR] Biography of General Robert E. Lee - including history articles, links, 
recommended books and more. ... Instead, he accepted a general's commission 
in the newly formed Confederate Army. ... General-in-Chief of all Confederate 
forces in February 1865, only two months later, on April 9, 1865, Lee was forced 
to surrender his... [DOC] [TLE] Ulysses S. Grant | HistoryNet [PAR] Lieutenant General in command of all Union Armies ... He allowed the error to 
stand and became U. S. Grant. ... In February 1862, he commanded the land 
forces in the Army-Navy operations in .... The first was prior to the Battle of Shiloh. 
.... On April 2, 1865, Federal troops broke through the Confederate lines at 
Petersburg;... [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about AMERICAN HISTORY - StudyStack [PAR] IN FEBRUARY 1865, 2 MONTHS BEFORE SURRENDERING, HE BECAME 
GENERAL IN CHIEF OF ALL THE CONFEDERATE ARMIES, ROBERT E. LEE. [DOC] [TLE] Robert Edward Lee facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Lee graduated number two in his class from the U.S. Military Academy in 1829. ... 
In 1860 he became commander of the Department of Texas. ... But offered 
command of the entire U.S. Army a month later, he hesitated. .... Lee, appointed 
general in chief of all Confederate armies in February 1865, could give only 
general... [DOC] [TLE] :     - Splanet.ru [PAR] military adviser to the president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis. Bragg. was 
placed ... Sherman. In February 1865 he was assigned to duty with the Army of 
the ... Sheridan, Grant forced Lee to abandon Petersburg and Richmond (April 2, 
1865) ... Grant, commander in chief of the Union forces, to appoint (1864) 
Sheridan. [DOC] [TLE] Robert E. Lee | Confederate general | Britannica.com [PAR] Confederate general, commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, the most 
successful of ... In February 1865 he was given command of all the Southern 
armies. His surrender at Appomattox Courthouse April 9, 1865, is commonly 
viewed as signifying ... As commander in chief of Virginia's forces, Lee saw it as 
his first task to... [DOC] [TLE] Lincoln as Commander in Chief - With Malice Toward None: The ... [PAR] Confederate forces did not evacuate Charleston until February 17, 1865, when .... 
Union army several times before choosing Ulysses S. Grant as the general-in-
chief ... After months of waiting, President Lincoln became convinced that 
General ..... he issued the final Emancipation Proclamation that declared that all 
slaves... [DOC] [TLE] Civil War History, Charleston, South Carolina 1865 [PAR] Confederate commander Robert E. Lee won battles in the east, but in 1863 his ... 
after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. ..... 
Within two months, four more Southern slave states declared

Question: In February 1865, 2 months before surrendering, he became general in chief of all the Confederate armies
Answer: Robert E. Lee