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Why did Robert E. Lee resign from the U.S. 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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He rejected an offer made to join the US army. Then he resigned. He was citing loyalty to his home state of Virginia

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