Question

What circumstances made Lee's retreat from Grant that more difficult?

All the train depots were in Union hands.
He became lost in the Virginia wilderness.
His men had not eaten for many days.
The army sorely lacked sufficient munitions.
(select all to apply)

Answer 1

Your answers would be, A, and C. Before the battle of Gettysburg and all the sieges in the south, Union generals would first secure the train depots, and would then destroy crops.

Answer 2

All the train depots were in Union hands.

His men had not eaten for many days.

Step-by-step explanation:

General Grant had surrounded Lee on three sides, leaving the northwest as his solitary unhampered course. Lee realized that there was no expectation of providing his military by withdrawing toward that path. He was in "checkmate": he had no different alternatives left. The hopeless Lee reached out to Grant that he was set up to give up the Army of Northern Virginia.