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Question: Why did Robert E. Lee resign from the US Army?

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He could not participate in an invasion of the South because of feelings of loyalty to his home state of Virginia.

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Because of his reputation as one of the finest officers in the United States Army, Abraham Lincoln offered Lee the command of the Federal forces in April 1861. Lee declined and tendered his resignation from the army when the state of Virginia seceded on April 17, arguing that he could not fight against his own people.

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